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How to Install Hugo on Windows 10

If you want to do it a bit differently than the instructions from Hugo website, you can do the following steps:

Steps to Download and Install Hugo for Windows

  1. Download Hugo zip file from Hugo Releases.

  2. Extract the zip file and you will see one executable and a couple markdown files.

    Contents in Hugo binaries for Windows

  3. Copy hugo.exe to your root folder, i.e. C:\Hugo\bin\ like so:Copy hugo.exe to C:\Hugo\bin folder
  4. Now add this path to your Environment Variables as shown below and click OK to all buttons.Add Hugo folder to Windows Environment Variables
  5. Test your Hugo from Command Prompt or Powershell.
      C:\Windows\system32> hugo version
      Hugo Static Site Generator v0.37 windows/amd64 BuildDate: 2018-02-27T09:15:58Z
    

That’s it and you’re ready to use Hugo. The next step is to setup your environment to create your static site if you haven’t done so.

When you need to upgrade Hugo, just replace the current hugo.exe with the latest version by repeating steps 1 and 2.

Further Reading

How to Setup Visual Studio Code for Hugo Static Site Generator
How to Deploy Hugo Static Website to IIS Using Git
How to Setup Naked Domain to Resolve in Cloudflare Pages

Download

Hugo Releases (all platforms)

March 7, 2018 Filed Under: How To Tagged With: Hugo, JAMStack, Windows

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