Complete Guide to Downloading Files on Github for Beginners

Complete Guide to Downloading Files on Github for Beginners
Geekers -  GitHub is the most popular site in the world, which is a site that contains a source code repository, where we can see various operating system codes and various platform programs and is the main choice for open source developers.


GitHub functions as a medium for storing the scripts that we use. The script can be uploaded and also downloaded to the GitHub site. These tools or files are available both offline and online.



When we want to run a tool or a file that we download, sometimes it is hidden/can't be seen. So we can't delete the file/tool directly. If downloaded from Github we can modify, delete and share it with others.


List of contents

   * How to Download Files on Github for Beginners

   + 1. Download a file in the form of a folder on Github

   + Download files in the form of single files on Github


How to Download Files on Github for Beginners


On this Github site, there are many themes or plugins from WordPress available. Now, for those of you who work in this world, you can easily download it here and you can use it easily without the need to modify it again.



One of the advantages of downloading a plugin on GitHub is that the features provided are more complete than those downloaded on WordPress.org. Both offer free file downloads.


You need to know beforehand that the downloaded file will be in ZIP form, so you need to extract the file first. The way to extract files is not difficult. To better understand it, let's look at the tutorial below because it will be explained clearly.


1. Download the file in the form of a folder on Github


Files/folders from GitHub can be downloaded easily. Here's a tutorial to download it:


1. Go to the Github.com site


Note: First create your github account, follow all the steps provided to register a new account.


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2. Then search for the file/tool you want to download in the search field provided, then click the file according to your wishes.


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3. Many folders and files will appear, to download them click Clone or download as shown by the arrow in the green column.


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4. Then click Download ZIP


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5. Wait until the file has finished downloading. Because the downloaded file is in the form of a ZIP, so you have to extract it first. The trick is to right-click on the ZIP file and then select one of the options in the table below. Or you can also double click on the file.


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6. Next select a location to save the file to be extracted, then click OK.


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7. The file/tool has been extracted and you can use it.


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Download the file in the form of a single file on Github


If what you need is just a single file, you can do that too. The way to download a single file on GitHub is also easy, here are the steps:


1. Go to the Github.com site


2. Search for the file/tool you want to download in the search field. Then click the file (same as the method above).


3. Now then open the folder, in that folder there are many files then select the file you want to download. For example .circleci files


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4. And it turns out that in the folder there are still several files then select the single file. For example Dockerfiles.


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5. And the codes of a program or computer coding language will appear. Then click Raw as indicated by the arrow.


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6. Then right-click and select Save as or press Ctrl+S on the keyboard.


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7. Create a file name, file storage location then click Save. And the file will be saved to your laptop/pc.


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So, that's the way to download files on Github on a PC/laptop, it's quite easy isn't it, not confusing and also not complicated. If you want to download it via Android, it's almost the same as the method above, but there are only a few differences.



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