Update hugo.darwin & hugo.linux files

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My website uses a template (source) that contains a /bin folder with contents:

  • hugo.exe
  • hugo.darwin
  • hugo.linux

I successfully updated hugo.exe following instructions in Install Hugo | Hugo

Question:

  • how do I update my hugo.darwin and hugo.linux files?
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I’m not familiar with .linux and .darwin extensions. Is there some program meant to open these? Or are they just arbitrary extensions tacked onto an executable?

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@zwbetz, I added a source for the template I am using to the description. I am not sure where these files came from or how they were created. If the answer is not obvious, perhaps I have used a template that is a bad path to follow.

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I see now what you mean, but am still not sure. I would try contacting the template author.

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I assume those files are just the Linux and macos binaries that can be downloaded from the GitHub Releases. Specifically, they are the 64bit variant for each platform (aka x86_64).

I got the architecture and platform from the Linux one by downloading it from the repo and running file hugo.linux, which printed the following:

hugo.linux: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, with debug_info, not stripped
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@Shadow53, sounds like the answer I was after. How do I get the hugo.linux file?
I downloaded hugo_0.49.2_Linux-64bit, and then extracted with 7zip. There was a file hugo.file

Question: is this the file I am after? And if so, how do I convert it to hugo.linux?

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It is indeed the same file. You just need to rename it.

Executables on Linux and macos don’t have to have a file extension like .exe, so people often add a suffix like .linux to make it more clear that it’s an executable for Linux.

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Wow, I think it all worked! Thank you very much, @Shadow53