MiniGlome / Archive.org-Downloader

Python3 script to download archive.org books in PDF format
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What does the "make sure you've already git installed" in the guide mean? #84

Closed Linnshet closed 1 year ago

Linnshet commented 1 year ago

I'm completely new to Python, and a bit of a noob - have been looking for an answer the last hour. I obviously get syntax error, when I just put in my command.

darnn commented 1 year ago

I've done this a long time ago myself so I'm fuzzy on the details, but it just means you have to install Git itself, which I believe you can do by going here: https://gitforwindows.org/

MiniGlome commented 1 year ago

I'm completely new to Python, and a bit of a noob - have been looking for an answer the last hour. I obviously get syntax error, when I just put in my command.

Git is used as a quick way to download the project. If you don't want to bother with Git, you can still download the project as a ZIP folder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKcqniGu3tA