commit b156ef27122ea6400739db6b8a8d0fbfa81bb4c2
parent 042f8fca03a308e59b3665ad984b5995cd97e2b2
Author: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 18:11:57 -0600
docs: Note Hugo as Snap package can write only inside $HOME
Backported from https://hugodocs.info/getting-started/installing/
Fixes #3143
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/content/overview/installing.md b/docs/content/overview/installing.md
@@ -56,11 +56,14 @@ you need to install the Python-based Pygments program. The procedure is outlined
Upgrading Hugo is as easy as downloading and replacing the executable you’ve
placed in your `PATH`.
-## Installing from snap
+## Snap package for Hugo
In any of the [Linux distributions that support snaps](http://snapcraft.io/docs/core/install):
- $ snap install hugo
+ snap install hugo
+
+> Note: Hugo-as-a-snap can write only inside the user’s `$HOME` directory—and gvfs-mounted directories owned by the user—because of Snaps’ confinement and security model.
+> More information is also available [in this related GitHub issue](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/issues/3143).
## Installing from source