How do I install it?

[brokenshardsofdeath]

I am on Ubuntu can someone create a manual for the uninitiated?

[brenns10]

I added INSTALL.md to give instructions. I tested on Ubuntu 20.10, you should be able to compile it like so:

sudo apt install build-essential libconfig-dev libncurses-dev
make
# optional: not recommended
sudo make install

The last part (sudo make install) is optional, and I don't really recommend it. This is a fun program but unless you have a specific purpose for doing a system-level install, it's best to just compile it and run it out of the git repository.

[brokenshardsofdeath]

I've done the library part but can't wrap my brain around the build part with the make command I've searched on the internet in ways to open that file using terminal but I cannot find a solution on my own.

[brenns10]

What does the make command output when you try it? Or have you not gotten the opportunity to run it yet?

[Dynamicuser21]

Hello, I have problems with the second step. Whenever type in "make" it says something like this:

make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

[brenns10]

@Dynamicuser21 You need to be within the repository when you run make (e.g. git clone https://github.com/brenns10/alien-console && cd alien-console).