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The used language is shown at the top (so one should know which language is used).
There is at least one "standard" way to install software in a language (Python's setup.py or the modern toml based one; C uses automake or cmake). Thus it is usually assumed the person installing it knows the platform.
Last but not least, Github isn't a software package, but a source provider. It isn't even targeted at end users. People may even use it to host hobby projects, where they simply don't care about that.
Nevertheless, a few sentences in the README certainly won't hurt anyone... -
@PrivateGER I figured it out ppl...chill
Anyone notice how fucking difficult it is to install software from GitHub... well for amateurs mostly. I went through pretty much hell to simply install a spotify playlist downloader script from GitHub. Had I not have had Python installed I would have had to download that too. You Install Python, Google a guide to get the pip command up and running. Download the software. PIP it? Then you find out it uses 3 custom libraries that have to be installed separately. Oh that reminds me, u still need an IDE to open the script and figure that, on your own. Then the script is super buggy, expected though it was still in development. I have no idea where I am going with this. Point is ppl need to get better with hosting code at GitHub. And it wouldn't hurt to include a guide to installation in ReadMe.md OR Installation.md. Ok am done now xd
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