blogs/hugo
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo.git synced 2026-08-26 16:28:52 +00:00
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Update macOS tarball installation instructions (#1203)

Browse Source 
Closes #1202
This commit is contained in:
Joe Mooring
2020-09-02 06:07:43 -04:00
committed by GitHub
parent 2e701f8f38
commit cf87a5da2c
1 changed files with 27 additions and 11 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files
content/en/getting-started/installing.md
+27 -11
View File
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Archive: hugo_X.Y_osx-64bit.tgz
Hugo Static Site Generator v0.13 BuildDate: 2015-02-22T04:02:30-06:00
```
You may need to add your bin directory to your `PATH` variable. The `which` command will check for us. If it can find `hugo`, it will print the full path to it. Otherwise, it will not print anything.
You may need to add your bin directory to your `PATH` environment variable. The `which` command will check for us. If it can find `hugo`, it will print the full path to it. Otherwise, it will not print anything.
```
# check if hugo is in the path
@@ -269,21 +269,37 @@ which hugo
/Users/USERNAME/bin/hugo
```
If `hugo` is not in your `PATH`, add it by updating your `~/.bash_profile` file. First, start up an editor:
If `hugo` is not in your `PATH`:
```
nano ~/.bash_profile
```
1. Determine your default shell (zsh or bash).
Add a line to update your `PATH` variable:
```
echo $SHELL
```
```
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
```
2. Edit your profile.
Then save the file by pressing Control-X, then Y to save the file and return to the prompt.
If your default shell is zsh:
Close the terminal and open a new terminal to pick up the changes to your profile. Verify your success by running the `which hugo` command again.
```
nano ~/.zprofile
```
If your default shell is bash:
```
nano ~/.bash_profile
```
3. Insert a line to add `$HOME/bin` to your existing `PATH`.
```
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
```
4. Save the file by pressing Control-X, then Y.
5. Close the terminal and open a new terminal to pick up the changes to your profile. Verify the change by running the `which hugo` command again.
You've successfully installed Hugo.