# Can someone help me set up github/clone etc?

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**Tags:** unreal-engine, GitHub\
**Created:** [August 22, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/can-someone-help-me-set-up-github-clone-etc/9928 "2014-08-22T11:39:15Z")\
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You dont need the github client to download the source. You can just download the source as a zip. I guess you have done some stepps, but I wrote down everything from scratch.

Sign Up at Github.

Go to [https://www.unrealengine.com/settings](https://www.unrealengine.com/settings)  
Under Accounts “UPDATE GITHUB ACCOUNT:” type in your Github user name, if you haven’t done already.  
Login at github.

Go to [https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine](https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine) (you have to be logged in)

Use branch 4.4 (or the branch you want to work with)

On the right side you see “Download Zip”, hit it and a download will start.

Scroll a bit down and also download “Required\_1of2.zip and Required\_2of2.zip.”

Now extract the first Zip and extract the other two into the created folder.

Now you can run “GenerateProjectFiles.bat”, open the UE4.sln and compile the Editor.

Some more links:

> **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)**
>
> After over a year in maintenance mode, the official Unreal Engine Wiki is now permanently offline. These resources now live on a new community-run Unreal Engine Community Wiki — https://unrealcommunity.wiki/! You will be able to find content from...

[https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine](https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine)  
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usjlNHPn-jo&feature=youtu.be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usjlNHPn-jo&feature=youtu.be)

Big Edit:  
Haven’t seen that you have already the source code. Sorry for that…

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