Installing Hugo on WSL

If you develop on Windows but want a Linux toolchain, Hugo runs happily under WSL. Here is the quick version, plus the one gotcha worth knowing. The quick way (often out of date) Update your package list and install from apt: sudo apt update sudo apt install hugo This works, but Ubuntu and Debian package a version of Hugo that usually lags well behind the current release. Themes move quickly, and plenty of them need a newer Hugo than apt will give you. If a theme’s build complains about your Hugo version, this is why.