Web development on a phone with Hugo and Termux

Hugo is an excellent static site generator and website framework.

You can build a static web site using your phone by running Hugo on LineageOS under Termux.

Here’s how:

(The instructions below have been tested with LineageOS 15.1 and Termux 0.64.)

1. Install Termux from the F-Droid catalogue

2. Install Go (substitute .bashrc with .zshrc if you use zsh):

   # Install go.
   pkg install golang
   
   # Update your shell configuration.
   echo "export GOPATH=$HOME/go\nexport PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin" >> ~/.bashrc
   
   # Reload your shell configuration.
   source ~/.bashrc

3. Compile Hugo from source:¹

   # Install Mage (a build tool for go).
   go get github.com/magefile/mage
   
   # Retrieve, compile, and install Hugo.
   go get -d github.com/gohugoio/hugo
   cd ${GOPATH:-$HOME/go}/src/github.com/gohugoio/hugo
   env DEPNOLOCK=1 mage vendor
   mage install

That’s it!

You should now have a working Hugo setup. Enjoy web development from your phone and, if you want an easy way to deploy from your phone and/or to join the peer web, check out my other posts on Web+².

Written on my LineageOS phone using Termux, Emacs and Hugo. Deployed via rsync and available on the peer web at dat://ar.al/2018/07/30/compiling-hugo-for-mobile-phones-under-termux/. To view peer web sites, use Beaker Browser.