# Why hugo for Ubuntu packages has too old version?

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-hugo-for-ubuntu-packages-has-too-old-version/20833>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [September 17, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-hugo-for-ubuntu-packages-has-too-old-version/20833 "2019-09-17T04:50:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![starlight-tu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/starlight-tu/32/7818_2.png) [@starlight-tu](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/starlight-tu)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-hugo-for-ubuntu-packages-has-too-old-version/20833/1 "2019-09-17T04:50:05Z")

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For example: [https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/hugo](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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**Author:** ![funkydan2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/funkydan2/32/5636_2.png) [@funkydan2](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/funkydan2)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-hugo-for-ubuntu-packages-has-too-old-version/20833/2 "2019-09-17T06:05:11Z")

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That’s to do with the Ubuntu release cycle.

> [@Latest version on Ubuntu](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/latest-version-on-ubuntu/3480):
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> I would like to use the latest version on Ubuntu, however apt-get tells me that I already have the latest version. The repo is showing the latest version to be 0.15. Any eta on when 0.16 will be available? [https://packages.debian.org/sid/hugo](https://packages.debian.org/sid/hugo)

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

> **[Releases · gohugoio/hugo](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases)**
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> The world’s fastest framework for building websites. - gohugoio/hugo

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**Author:** ![funkydan2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/funkydan2/32/5636_2.png) [@funkydan2](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/funkydan2)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-hugo-for-ubuntu-packages-has-too-old-version/20833/3 "2019-09-17T06:06:46Z")

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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](https://packages.ubuntu.com/eoan/hugo)

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**Author:** ![scottaw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/scottaw/32/6699_2.png) [@scottaw](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/scottaw)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-hugo-for-ubuntu-packages-has-too-old-version/20833/4 "2021-04-06T15:20:00Z")

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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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**Author:** ![scottaw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/scottaw/32/6699_2.png) [@scottaw](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/scottaw)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-hugo-for-ubuntu-packages-has-too-old-version/20833/5 "2021-04-06T15:22:19Z")

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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. 🤣 That is in fact the whole point of static site generators like Hugo.

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**Author:** ![pointyfar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/pointyfar/32/5797_2.png) [@pointyfar](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/pointyfar)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-hugo-for-ubuntu-packages-has-too-old-version/20833/6 "2021-04-07T03:04:48Z")

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