Blogging with Hugo and GitHub Pages: Setup

To prepare for this lesson you will need the following tools installed:

• A GitHub Account
  • You can sign up for free
• A terminal
  • Linux
  • Mac
  • Windows: Linux Bash (preferred), Command Prompt
    • If using the command prompt, some of the commands I use below will be different and you may wish to consult this cheatsheet
• git version control
  • Installation guide for all three Operating Systems
  • Follow this guide for one-time git setup the first time you use it
• hugo
  • Installation guide for all three Operating Systems
  • If you are installing on Linux, see the below section on installing the most recent version.
• A text editor of your choice! Examples:
  • VSCode
  • nano
  • gedit
  • Notepad++
  • emacs
  • vim

Installing the most recent version of Hugo on Linux

When running sudo apt-get install hugo this does not always install the most recent version of hugo. If you find this is the case, you can try the following steps.

1. Go to https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases and find the latest release
2. Download the .deb file for Linux according to your architecture. This is most likely the file that ends _Linux-64bit.deb.

3. Once downloaded, run the following commands to install this version.

   sudo dpkg -i 
   

4. Check the version has installed

   hugo version
   

5. Clean up the .deb file

   rm