Why hugo for Ubuntu packages has too old version?

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For example: https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/hugo
At the moment I post this question, the latest version of Hugo is 0.58.2 and on Ubuntu is 0.40. This makes me wonder is there any reason behind this or 0.58 is a beta version?

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That’s to do with the Ubuntu release cycle.

Your best option is to manually install the lastest .deb from the releases on github

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BTW - even the current development version of Ubuntu is only up to Hugo 0.57.2 https://packages.ubuntu.com/eoan/hugo

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Well, it’s 2021 and I have Hugo 0.81 and bionic is still on 0.40.1, so… whatever the reason is, using apt for hugo is completely useless.

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You’re absolutely correct that the best way is to install manually, but…

I’m positive we came up with automated updates for a reason. It’s almost like we wanted computers to work for us instead of the other way around. :rofl: That is in fact the whole point of static site generators like Hugo.