Follow this guide to setup hugo and create a new site. Make sure you install latest version of hugo(>=0.57.1).

After you have created a new site, at Step 3 follow the steps:

Inside the folder of your Hugo site, run:

git clone https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod themes/hugo-PaperMod --depth=1

Updating theme :

cd themes/hugo-PaperMod
git pull

or you can use as submodule with

git submodule add https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod.git themes/hugo-PaperMod

Updating theme with submodule :

git submodule update --remote --merge

Then change in config.toml:

theme: "hugo-PaperMod"

Example Site Structure is present here: exampleSite

Papermod - Features

Papermod - How to Guide

Papermod - Icons