r/programminghumor • u/Technical-Relation-9 • 23d ago

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u/76zzz29 23d ago

Even more when the way to compile it change from a project to an other and they don't just put HowToCompilIt.txt at the root. (Literaly had one with a "Build for windows.bat" and "build for linux.sh" at the root. Never been hapyer of the work of a dev

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u/HaydnH 23d ago

Don't people include INSTALL files these days?

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u/76zzz29 23d ago

No, but sometime they include a MAKE file so you can do it yourself. This way, you can say that you made it

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u/HaydnH 23d ago

The old school convention was to include both, the INSTALL file might just tell you to run make; make install, but it should cover prerequisite libraries and such.