Building from Source

Discussions center on challenges with building software from source code, including missing instructions, build errors, failed compilations, and preferences for pre-built binaries or GitHub repos.

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sspiff May 7, 2014 View on HN

Did you find or compose any kind of build instructions?

tzahola Jun 9, 2018 View on HN

Build stuff from source? What’s the issue with that?

Thaxll Mar 16, 2015 View on HN

Don't compile it just use the official binaries!

tut-urut-utut Dec 20, 2021 View on HN

Why not build yourself from source?

throwaway2214 Dec 28, 2022 View on HN

what do you mean? you can open an issue on github and there are build instructions in the readme

0x8BADF00D Jan 24, 2020 View on HN

Build servers are down, and you can’t build it locally.

nottorp Jul 13, 2025 View on HN

Not enough since you get binary builds. The sibling comment is a solution.

tuananh Mar 8, 2018 View on HN

it's a build process. it should be fine.

hpcjoe Jul 12, 2021 View on HN

Try building from the source sometime, and reflect upon your statement.

warfangle Jun 26, 2014 View on HN

It doesn't build properly on Linux?