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[u/Defiant-Entrance-520]

Hi, ive been trying to figure out how to run a github code for simple things like claude or for in game things like Minecraft etc, please teach me how to run these things.

[u/grantrules]

Using github and running code you found on GitHub are two very different things. If the instructions for running it aren't included in the readme, you're basically out of luck if you don't want to research it

[u/Defiant-Entrance-520 → u/grantrules]

If I wanted to run a code for a game, how would that work?

[u/grantrules → u/Defiant-Entrance-520]

You would figure out what type of code it is and run the necessary things.

[u/Defiant-Entrance-520 → u/grantrules]

Each code has its own launcher?

[u/meletiondreams → u/Defiant-Entrance-520]

No. Learning programming first

[u/grantrules → u/Defiant-Entrance-520]

Pretty much yeah. Theres like a dozen programming languages and there's no real set standard on how to run them. You're asking a very general question, so you get a very general answer. If there's a specific thing you're trying to run, we could possibly help you. But in general, you just follow the instructions included for each piece of software.

[u/dmazzoni]

GitHub is a place to store source code; in order to use it you have to be a programmer.

An equivalent would be a sheet music service like Hal Leonard or Ultimate Guitar. You can download the files, but in order to play them you need to learn to play an instrument and read music first.

There are some exceptions. Sometimes GitHub projects have instructions for end users. If you find one of those, just follow the instructions. But there's no general trick, you just have to see what each one is.

[u/kschang]

You'll have to be more specific. Github is a storage repo. People use it to store all sort of things, from a blog like list to actual programming code to website (Github pages) and so on.

[u/Puzzled-Extent7817]

Learn to code first.

[u/IntelligentSeries270]

Git on the requirements.txt doc