compiling a program from source

[lloyd]

I need some help here...I'm trying to compile a program from source and I really don't know where to start...

The prgram I am trying to compile is orca-slicer (a 3D printing slicer) that I found on Github. There are a few versions of this program. One is a pre-compiled Appimage that only seems to work on Ubuntu. It didn't work on my Mageia Cauldron beta 2 (it is fully updated).There is a shell script to build it, but again, it seems to be specific to Ubuntu.I downloaded and unzipped the source code. Now, I do not know what to do next.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.

[doktor5000]

How about https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer#how-to-compile ?

[morgano]

In parallel you could help upstream by reporting the issue with their Appimage.

Also in parallel, you could add your voice for requesting it as Flatpak, at https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/issues/1670

As an alternative app, a post there also mention PrusaSlicer Flatpak works well for him, so you could try that program.

Another alternative: I downloaded and test launched Cura Appimage from https://ultimaker.com/software/ultimaker-cura/ , the Linux "modern" variant Appimage.