[hugoDocs] "Quick start" example does not work

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Hi,
when following the instructions on Quick start (using a docker container with the tools installed) I get an error feedback - as a beginner to hugo this is demotivating…

# hugo version
hugo v0.111.3+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=2023-03-16T08:41:31Z VendorInfo=debian:0.111.3-1
# hugo new site quickstart
Congratulations! Your new Hugo site is created in /root/quickstart.
[...]
# cd quickstart/
~/quickstart# git init
hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name
[...]
Initialized empty Git repository in /root/quickstart/.git/
root@f0d45a70efe4:~/quickstart# git submodule add https://github.com/theNewDynamic/gohugo-theme-ananke.git themes/ananke
Cloning into '/root/quickstart/themes/ananke'...
[...]
~/quickstart# echo "theme = 'ananke'" >> hugo.toml
~/quickstart# hugo server
WARN 2025/06/28 08:35:46 Module "ananke" is not compatible with this Hugo version; run "hugo mod graph" for more information.
Start building sites … 
hugo v0.111.3+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=2023-03-16T08:41:31Z VendorInfo=debian:0.111.3-1
ERROR 2025/06/28 08:35:46 render of "taxonomy" failed: "/root/quickstart/themes/ananke/layouts/_default/baseof.html:2:15": execute of template failed: template: _default/terms.html:2:15: executing "_default/terms.html" at <site>: can't evaluate field LanguageCode in type *langs.Language
ERROR 2025/06/28 08:35:46 render of "taxonomy" failed: "/root/quickstart/themes/ananke/layouts/_default/baseof.html:2:15": execute of template failed: template: _default/terms.html:2:15: executing "_default/terms.html" at <site>: can't evaluate field LanguageCode in type *langs.Language
Error: Error building site: failed to render pages: render of "home" failed: "/root/quickstart/themes/ananke/layouts/_default/baseof.html:2:15": execute of template failed: template: index.html:2:15: executing "index.html" at <site>: can't evaluate field LanguageCode in type *langs.Language
Built in 11 ms

Ok, there is a version conflict information - but I do really not know, what to do, how to hande resp. fix that.
Thanks for help in any way.
~ Peter

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Install a current Hugo version respectively use a Docker that has it installed. Or install Hugo directly from its repository, without Docker.

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https://gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start/#prerequisites

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https://gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start/#commands

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I’m not sure how to make the minimum version requirement any clearer.

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Oh, yes. both of you are completely right! Thank you.

I used a “new” debian:bookworm and really did not expect, that there would be installed such an old version by default. So I unfortunately did not check at all…

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I suggest putting that part in an admonition.

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