Could someone show me how to compile things from github?

[Retro64XYZ]

That isn't how to learn to use github. You are going to cause yourself a 
lot of problems if you remove an application you use from your package 
manager and then build from source.

On 10/19/21 11:17, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> to learn how to use github
>
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 2:12 PM Retro64XYZ via PLUG-discuss 
> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>     Why are you doing this?
>
>     On 10/19/21 11:10, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>     Okay, I went into the darktable section of github and read the
>>     README.md  file and from that I would say it is perty straight
>>     forward. Seeing as how I have darktable installed currently I
>>     won't think I need to worry about dependencies so I would
>>     uninstall the current version of darktable and then (on the
>>     README.md) go to the 'Get the source section' and then start
>>     building. Is this correct?
>>
>>     On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 12:23 PM Retro64XYZ via PLUG-discuss
>>     <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>         https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/download/release-3.6.1/darktable-3.6.1.tar.xz
>>
>>         sudo apt install checkinstall
>>
>>         tar -zxvf darktable-3.6.1.tar.gz
>>
>>         cd darktable-3.6.1
>>
>>         ./configure
>>
>>         make
>>
>>         sudo checkinstall
>>
>>
>>         If it fails, you probably need some supporting items. Never
>>         do a sudo make install on a debian or ubuntu based system
>>         without using checkinstall instead. You can automatically
>>         roll back or upgrade without issues if you use checkinstall.
>>
>>         On 10/19/21 09:19, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>>         This one is kind of a project per project evaluation.
>>>         but basic steps are usual git clone the repo, find the
>>>         makefiles etc, build, install.
>>>
>>>         Each project individually will have a different process.
>>>
>>>
>>>         On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 8:47 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss
>>>         <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>             I have never compiled a program from github. Could
>>>             someone show me how to compile darktable from github?
>>>
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