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:

Download Hugo zip file from Hugo Releases.
Extract the zip file and you will see one executable and a couple markdown files.
Copy hugo.exe to your root folder, i.e. C:\Hugo\bin\ like so:

$Copy hugo.exe to C:\Hugo\bin folder$
Now add this path to your Environment Variables as shown below and click OK to all buttons.

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.

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