3.1. Build Hugo

If the used distribution does not provide the latest or needed version of Hugo, these steps describe how to build Hugo from its git repository.

Precondition

Hugo is a tool based on the go language. Before Hugo can be built, the golang packet of your distribution needs to be installed. The installation of this package is as easy as calling:

sudo apt install golang

sudo dnf install golang

Build Hugo

To build the latest stable Hugo version, following command must be invoked:

go install -v github.com/gohugoio/hugo@stable

Depending on which go modules are already downloaded, this call can take some time to finish.

To build from any other label, stable must be replaced by the targeted label.

Calling Hugo

After the build, Hugo’s executable located in the directory ~/go/bin/. If the PATH variable already points to this directory, hugo can be called immediately. Alternatively the executable can be copied to a location that is already in PATH. For example:

cp ~/go/bin/hugo ~/.local/bin/

The version of hugo can be found out by

hugo version

which provides an output like

hugo v0.121.1 linux/amd64 BuildDate=unknown