Ever so often someone new to Open Source show up on GitHub or in my inbox. It usually starts something like this: “Hey, I just downloaded your software, what’s next?” “Your software doesn’t work on my system!!!!” “How can I do that weird-thing that fits my odd use-case?” “I have zero documented experience but I think you should fix your build system!” This HowTo is for you. 0. Short Version Download a versioned archive from the project’s Releases page Extract archive for...
