Many thanks to @pgr for the inspiration for this . An easy way to update Hugo to the latest version. Saves messing with finding the announcement, going to GitHub, finding the right download link, downloading, unpacking, … Here is a link to my blog where I detail how to do this . But to save you a tr…

You know there is a Chocolatey package for this? Save yourself a lot of grief and use that (for this and everything else!)

[image] pauby: You know there is a Chocolatey package for this? Save yourself a lot of grief and use that (for this and everything else!) Thanks. I kind-of did know. However, I don’t use Chocolatey any more, I had loads of problems with it in the past and it ended up not really saving me any…

Thanks. I kind-of did know. However, I don’t use Chocolatey any more, I had loads of problems with it in the past and it ended up not really saving me any effort. I’ve been using it for years and how it would cost you time and not save any doesn’t really make much sense. I can install 120 softwar…

[image] pauby: However the VAST majority of packages simply install to the same location as if you installed it manually (so Program Files ). It doesn’t matter where the Hugo package is installed to though as long as it’s on the path. That was certainly not my experience when last I tried. Qu…

[image] TotallyInformation: That was certainly not my experience when last I tried That’s the way the vast majority of packages are written and have always been written. Most Chocolatey packages are a wrapper around the existing installers to make them silent. That’s the way they have always …

Thanks for this inspiring thread @TotallyInformation and @pgr as the original starter. :slight_smile: I thought it would be a nice practice for my Go skills to see if I can make a similar program in Go to easily update Hugo from the command line. I’ve take a bit a different road, and used the GitHu…

Eh eh that’s very nice, but nothing beats the beauty and craziness of bash one-liners :stuck_out_tongue:

Windows PowerShell Script to update Hugo

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I’ve recently taken over the Hugo Chocolatey package and released the hugo-extended package. See the releases for all of the automated releases.

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Windows PowerShell Script to update Hugo

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