https://wjmaritz.dev/categories/notes/Recent content in Notes on Wilhelm MaritzHugo -- gohugo.ioenWed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://wjmaritz.dev/posts/hugo-on-wsl/Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://wjmaritz.dev/posts/hugo-on-wsl/<p>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.</p> <h2 id="the-quick-way-often-out-of-date">The quick way (often out of date)</h2> <p>Update your package list and install from apt:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo apt update </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo apt install hugo </span></span></code></pre></div><p>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&rsquo;s build complains about your Hugo version, this is why.</p>