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[–] 70 points 2 years ago (17 children)

I'm from the 90s and early 2000s Windows days when most of my time was spent figuring things out and getting things to run

STILL don't understand what I'm supposed to do with the stuff on GitHub lmao 😂

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  • [–] 57 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Usually just go to the “releases” section in the right, click the latest release, and download the built executable for your system from there.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I don't think this one has an executable, but it doesn't require compilation either. And instructions are quite simple.

    https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Nah it's just a python script.

    Best you are going to get is a docker-compose.yml normally.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    It's code, git clone then build. If there is a standard makefile it's super easy. If it's some modern age hispter trash build system you're in for some pain.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Meson + ninja is pretty nice. Builds a lot faster than autotools as well.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago*

    You know, with so many frameworks with the weirdest names, I honestly don't know if people are just joking or not...
    "Yeah! just use turtle and chubby" "Oh! I prefer tuktuk and lollipop"
    Funny bit: I totally made those up, then went to GitHub, and found out there are real projects called like that. Lol!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Use the code to build a time machine, go back to the 1960s and learn to program using only text... /s

    Now, seriously: normally, if it's an app, look for the "Releses" on the right. If there's a binary (compiled app) to download, it will be there. If the developers are cool, they'll include a download link directly on the Read Me file you see when you arrive at the repository.

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