Github Project downloaded can't compile

Question

Hello, I've downloaded a project from GitHub it has multiple .cpp and .hpp files. I think it's already supposed to be able to compile, but anyways I have no idea where to start or how to get this compiled and run. If anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

You should refer to the Github readme for the repo as most repos tell you how to build the code. If you need help getting it to compile you should contact the owner of the repo via Github. Some repos can just be compiled directly in VS while others require that you run provided build scripts and/or have additional tools.

Answer 2

Hi,

Most of github project has Readme .md file where developer write instructions for how to build using source.

I suggest you could check whether there is a .sln file in the folder. You could compile the .sln in visual studio directly. And you couldn't run the .cpp in the Visual Studio. You could run a single .cpp source file through Microsoft's C++ compiler on the command line (cl.exe), and then execute it.

Best Regards,

Jeanine

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