cs.punk Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Hello there! I've always found myself being pointed to something like https://bitbucket.org/hhatto/pgmagick/src in regards with some form of libraries or such. This being in particular GraphicsMagick for python But what is it showing? Is it source files needing to be compiled? How do I compile it? Is this linux only? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehippy Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 The link given is pointing to bitbucket a mercurial-based code hosting provider, similar to github. Mercurial is a revision control system (or software code management) tool, similar to git. If no package such as an archive is provided you'll need the appropriate revision control software to copy/clone/export a local copy of the code. As with most software, reading the README file or related documentation will lead you as to how to install it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs.punk Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 The link given is pointing to bitbucket a mercurial-based code hosting provider, similar to github. Mercurial is a revision control system (or software code management) tool, similar to git. If no package such as an archive is provided you'll need the appropriate revision control software to copy/clone/export a local copy of the code. As with most software, reading the README file or related documentation will lead you as to how to install it. Is 'cloning' the same as 'getting a local copy'? It seems I need either Git or Mercurial right? How does this relate to 'package managers' that sort out dependencies on linux/unix systems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs.punk Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 Woot I've got GIT running and reading tutorials.. Anyway, I noticed the line "Clone this repository: hg clone https://bitbucket.org/hhatto/pgmagick". It appears hg is a command from the Mercurial repository system. However off wikipedia's page on bitbucket: Bitbucket is a web-based hosting service for projects that use either the Mercurial or Git revision control systems. Does this mean I need Mercurial is being used as the project's repository system, in which case I need Mercurial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 To run hg you need to install mercurial. You should be able to download any of these projects a simple zip or tar file as well though. Generally, you would only clone a repo if you plan on actually contributing to the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs.punk Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 To run hg you need to install mercurial. You should be able to download any of these projects a simple zip or tar file as well though. Generally, you would only clone a repo if you plan on actually contributing to the project. Is cloning the same as 'getting a local copy'? In which case should I rather be looking for a zip/tar file? Could you point me in the right direction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 cloning creates a local repository which you may or may not need. One reason you might want to go with cloning (besides wanting to contribute) is it makes it easy to update to the latest version. You simply execute 'git pull' in the case of git. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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