CKAN help needed

[Ron Devu]

I decided to add the KAS system to the game. It seems to be strongly recommended that CKAN be installed first. This led me to a developer site called GitHub, where the user guide says:

 

" Installing the client is very easy: just head to our releases and download the latest version of ckan.exe. "

 

They seem to have a very strange idea of what "very easy" means. Apparently it is a novel way of saying that it is very easy to do if you have four years of university programming training and several weeks of experience using the GitHub site and a substantial background in modding. In other words, for the average user, "very easy" means you are about as likely to succeed as a one-legged ostrich in a tango competition.

 

I followed the releases link and arrived at a page that looked nothing like any download page I have ever seen. I did not see a list of downloadables, nor did I see any buttons anywhere labelled "download", nor were there any tabs labelled downloads. Instead there was a page that looked like this forum page with posts containing links to things like the high-level code for CKAN-like programs or sub-programs that may or may not have something to do with the version I need to help me install KAS. But that didn't matter because the option to download anything did not appear anywhere.

 

Enough rant. Can anyone walk me through this fiendish minefield?

Edited May 22, 2019 by Ron Devu

[HebaruSan]

20 minutes ago, Ron Devu said:

" Installing the client is very easy: just head to our releases and download the latest version of ckan.exe. "

 

[goldenpsp]

1 hour ago, Ron Devu said:

They seem to have a very strange idea of what "very easy" means. Apparently it is a novel way of saying that it is very easy to do if you have four years of university programming training and several weeks of experience using the GitHub site and a substantial background in modding. In other words, for the average user, "very easy" means you are about as likely to succeed as a one-legged ostrich in a tango competition.

 

As @HebaruSan screen shotted, the links are there on the release page.  It sounds like you did not scroll down far enough.

That being said, my 13yo son has learned to navigate github (he is a KSP fan).  He has not been to university yet, although he is pretty smart (but I may be biased). 

[Ron Devu]

Problem solved. I got sidetracked by all the little buttons near the top of the post. Thanks.