Made a script to install the latest hugo release (non-extended version) on macOS. It works on Ubuntu as well, just replace occurrences of macOS with Linux.
Edit: This assumes $HOME/bin/ is already on your PATH
Edit 2: It now does all work in /tmp/, then moves the hugo binary to /usr/local/bin/, so this script will likely need need to be run with sudo
# Change to temporary directory
pushd /tmp/
# Get JSON response of latest releases, find the one we want,
# pretty-up the URL, then download it
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/gohugoio/hugo/releases/latest \
| grep "browser_download_url.*hugo_[^extended].*_macOS-64bit\.tar\.gz" \
| cut -d ":" -f 2,3 \
| tr -d \" \
| wget -qi -
# Unzip hugo binary
tarball="$(find . -name "*macOS-64bit.tar.gz")"
tar -xzf $tarball
# Give hugo binary executable permissions
chmod +x hugo
# Move hugo binary to a location that is already on your PATH
mv hugo /usr/local/bin/
# Go back to previous directory
popd
# Display hugo binary location and version
location="$(which hugo)"
echo "Hugo binary location: $location"
version="$(hugo version)"
echo "Hugo binary version: $version"
Hereās my improved version. Checks if update is needed first. Avoids having to remember to preface with sudo. Checking local architecture and downloading the correct tarball is next improvement.
#!/bin/bash
CUR_VERSION="$(hugo version | cut -d'v' -f2 | cut -c 3-5)"
NEW_VERSION="$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/gohugoio/hugo/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d'.' -f2 | cut -d'"' -f1)"
echo "Current Version: $CUR_VERSION => New Version: $NEW_VERSION"
if [ "$NEW_VERSION" -ne "$CUR_VERSION" ]; then
echo "Installing version $NEW_VERSION"
pushd /tmp/
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/gohugoio/hugo/releases/latest \
| grep "browser_download_url.*hugo_[^extended].*_Linux-64bit\.tar\.gz" \
| cut -d ":" -f 2,3 \
| tr -d \" \
| wget -qi -
tarball="$(find . -name "*Linux-64bit.tar.gz" 2>/dev/null)"
tar -xzf $tarball
chmod +x hugo
sudo mv hugo /usr/local/bin/
popd
location="$(which hugo)"
echo "Hugo binary location: $location"
version="$(hugo version)"
echo "New Hugo binary version installed!: $version"
else
echo Latest version already installed
fi
Ok here is my āsuper improvedā version as a downloadable link https://download.kebler.net/hugo-update
(latest update 8:26pst Nov 9,2018)
Iāll make any corrections/improvements to the copy at this link.
Easiest way to use it is download to ~/bin or another directory in your path. Do a chmod +x and then youāll be able to run it from anywhere. Then create a daily cron job and bobās your uncle.
Will only work on generic linux including ubuntu/debian as it only downloads those tarballs.
Will determine if you are trying to install on an arm32, arm64, or amd64 machine and download the correct tarball.
Does some better error checking, aborts if there is nothing to update
You can set the default install directory in the script and/or install to an alternate directory from command line.
Uses sudo only if need be.
will use github user and token variables you can set in your enviroment or in script because as I discovered if you do too many anonymous curls to the github API it locks you out
Fair warning I did do some good testing/debugging but my effort was maybe 1/2 hour. Find anything amiss why then do share your corrections.
sorry thatās apparently a private thread and discourse wonāt let me duplicate it
See above or below post where I fixed it with a direct downloadable link
There was request to post source here. Itās below but will likely become outdated as changes are made so to see/download the latest use this link https://download.kebler.net/hugo-update
#!/bin/bash
# Version 0.1.0 8:26 PST, Nov 9, 2018
# see https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/script-to-install-latest-hugo-release-on-macos-and-ubuntu/14774/10
# if you have run into github api anonymous access limits then add user and token here or in environment
# GITHUB_USER=""
# GITHUB_TOKEN=""
DEFAULT_BIN_DIR="/usr/local/bin"
# Single optional argument is directory in which to install hugo
BIN_DIR=${1:-"$DEFAULT_BIN_DIR"}
BIN_PATH="$(which hugo)"
declare -A ARCHES
ARCHES=( ["arm64"]="ARM64" ["aarch64"]="ARM64" ["x86_64"]="64bit" ["arm32"]="ARM" ["armhf"]="ARM" )
ARCH=$(arch)
if [ -z "${ARCHES[$ARCH]}" ]; then
echo Your machine kernel architecture $ARCH is not supported by this script, aborting
exit 1
fi
INSTALLED="$(hugo version 2>/dev/null | cut -d'v' -f2 | cut -c 3-5)"
CUR_VERSION=${INSTALLED:-"None"}
NEW_VERSION="$(curl -u $GITHUB_USER:$GITHUB_TOKEN -s https://api.github.com/repos/gohugoio/hugo/releases/latest \
| grep tag_name \
| cut -d'.' -f2 | cut -d'"' -f1)"
echo "Hugo: Current Version: $CUR_VERSION => New Version: $NEW_VERSION"
if [ -z "$NEW_VERSION" ]; then
echo Unable to retrieve new version number - Likely you have reached github anonymous limit
echo set environment variable `$GITHUB_USER` and `$GITHUB_TOKEN` and try again
exit 1
fi
if ! [ $NEW_VERSION = $CUR_VERSION ]; then
echo "Installing version $NEW_VERSION"
echo "This machine's architecture is $ARCH"
echo "Downloading Tarball Linux-${ARCHES[$ARCH]}"
pushd /tmp/ > /dev/null
curl -u $GITHUB_USER:$GITHUB_TOKEN -s https://api.github.com/repos/gohugoio/hugo/releases/latest \
| grep "browser_download_url.*hugo_[^extended].*_Linux-${ARCHES[$ARCH]}\.tar\.gz" \
| cut -d ":" -f 2,3 \
| tr -d \" \
| wget --user=-u $GITHUB_USER --password=$GITHUB_TOKEN -qi -
TARBALL="$(find . -name "*Linux-${ARCHES[$ARCH]}.tar.gz" 2>/dev/null)"
echo Expanding Tarball
tar -xzf $TARBALL
chmod +x hugo
if [ -w $BIN_DIR ]; then
echo "Installing hugo to $BIN_DIR"
mv hugo -f $BIN_DIR
else
echo "sudo Installing hugo to $BIN_DIR"
sudo mv -f hugo $BIN_DIR
fi
popd > /dev/null
BIN_PATH="$(which hugo)"
if [ -z "$BIN_PATH" ]; then
printf "WARNING: Installed Hugo Binary in $BIN_DIR is not in your environment path\nPATH=$PATH\n"
else
if [ "$BIN_DIR/hugo" != "$BIN_PATH" ]; then
echo "WARNING: Just installed Hugo binary, $BIN_DIR , conflicts with existing Hugo in $BIN_PATH"
echo "add $BIN_DIR to path and delete $BIN_PATH"
else
echo "--- Confirmation ---"
printf "New Hugo binary version in $BIN_DIR is\n $($BIN_DIR/hugo version)\n"
fi
fi
else
echo Latest version already installed in $BIN_PATH
fi
Just for any getting here. To be clear the āimprovedā script not only installs hugo but will update an existing install. One script to rule all but updates on windows
Hi @dkebler, been happily using this script on Ubuntu but have been playing with Manjaro Linux recently I found the script doesnāt work out of the box, it canāt find the kernel architecture and aborts. Seems that āarchā command doesnāt work on arch based distros =D
Got it working by using uname -m instead, but not sure how portable that is. So comment out original line and use uname like so:
@dkebler It also seems this script will replace a manually installed hugo-extended with the normal hugo.
Hereās an example run (edited to remove an apostrophe that messes up syntax colouring on here):
hugo version
Hugo Static Site Generator v0.54.0-B1A82C61A/extended linux/amd64 BuildDate: 2019-02-01T10:04:38Z
hugo-update
Hugo: Current Version: 54. => New Version: 54
Installing version 54
This machines architecture is x86_64
Downloading Tarball Linux-64bit
Expanding Tarball
tar: LICENSE: Cannot open: File exists
tar: README.md: Cannot open: File exists
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
sudo Installing hugo to /usr/local/bin
[sudo] password for adrian:
--- Confirmation ---
New Hugo binary version in /usr/local/bin is
Hugo Static Site Generator v0.54.0-B1A82C61 linux/amd64 BuildDate: 2019-02-01T09:40:34Z
hugo version-
Hugo Static Site Generator v0.54.0-B1A82C61 linux/amd64 BuildDate: 2019-02-01T09:40:34Z
Iāve updated my script and made some improvements. Will install regular hugo by default but using e one can install extended version and with c option can have both side by side i.e run hugo and hugoe
