If you are working on a server or prefer the command line, use wget or curl .
git --version
This creates a folder named curl in your current directory. github download for ubuntu
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/large/repo.git If you are working on a server or
sudo apt update sudo apt install git -y
You won't receive future updates automatically, and you can't easily contribute changes back to the project. github download for ubuntu