Hugo on Windows

Abstract: An introduction on how to install and use hugo on Windows

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Install Hugo on Windows

Install Hugo on macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and on any machine where the Go compiler tool chain can run. The details of install is listed here: https://gohugo.io/getting-started/installing/#quick-install

Install Hugo on Windows by Chocolatey

If you are on a Windows machine and use Chocolatey for package management, you can install Hugo with the following one-liner: install-with-chocolatey.ps1

1. Install Chocolatey for package management

The document of Chocolatey is: https://chocolatey.org/install

• Install with cmd.exe. Run the following command:

@"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

• Install with PowerShell.exe, see document of Chocolatey installation.

Install Hugo with Chocolaey

Just open your cmd.exe and type or copy

choco install hugo -confirm

Use Hugo on Windows

1. Change your directory to your hugo project
2. hugo server to local test.
3. hugo to generate the public.