Hugo Windows
If you’re using a package manager like Chocolatey, it should be present there.
If not, you should be able to follow the official installation directions
What you’ll need to do is
- Download a Windows release of Hugo
- Make a directory named
Hugo
in yourC:
drive - Make a directory named
bin
in the newly madeHugo
diretory - Move the file you downloaded into this
bin
folder
- Unzip the file directly into the
bin
directory
- You should now see 3 files, one of which is
hugo.exe
Then you’ll need to make Hugo executable from a terminal, which is something we’ll need later. To do this
- Right click your
Start
button - Click
System
- Start typing
Advanced System Settings
into the search bar
- Click on the
Environment Variables
button on the bottom
- In the
User variables
section, find the row that starts withPath
. - Double-click on
Path
- Click the
New
button - Type in
C:\Hugo\bin
, press Enter
- Click
OK
at every window to exit