we need pull all submodules, you can see https://xmake.io/#/guide/installation?id=installation

    git submodule update --init

Or you can download full source code from releases. https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.6.5/x...

> Or you can download full source code from releases. https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.6.5/x...

Yes, that’s what I did. :-)

    wget https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/archive/refs/tags/v2.6.5.tar.gz 
    tar xf v2.6.5.tar.gz
    cd xmake-2.6.5/
    make build

no, it should be `v2.6.5/xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz` instead of `tags/v2.6.5.tar.gz`

    https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.6.5/xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz

Ah, I see. That might be Github’s problem, but the link I used is the one at the bottom of the list labeled “Source code”: https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/tag/v2.6.5

I see that one you mention in the middle of the list, with the name “xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz”.

Please note that this is not a criticism, I’m just telling what can happen when someone tries to compile it.

Edit: trying this now:

    wget https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.6.5/xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz
    tar xf xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz 
    cd xmake
    make build

I get “make: ** No rule to make target 'build'. Stop.”, because there is no `makefile` or `Makefile` in there.

Edit 2: I see, the issue is that it does not create a directory `xmake-v2.6.5`, but instead extracts its contents in the current directory, as a “tar bomb”. This works:

    mkdir xmake-v2.6.5
    cd xmake-v2.6.5
    wget https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.6.5/xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz
    tar xf xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz 
    make build

Github’s auto-generated source tars don’t include submodules.

https://github.com/dear-github/dear-github/issues/214

try

    wget https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.6.5/xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz
    tar xf xmake-v2.6.5.tar.gz 
    make build

we need not run `cd xmake`