Tutorial with screen-shots how to download a library from GitHub and installing a ZIP-library

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A lot of libraries can be installed with the library-manager inside the Arduino-IDE.

Though if the library is not found inside the library-manager you can do a google-search if the library is availabe on GitHub

search with google for

Github libraryname.h

If you are in the main-folder of the GitHub-library
in the upper-right you see a green button code
click on this button and choose download ZIP

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Save the ZIP-file to your harddisk

In the Arduino-library click Sketch - include library - add .zip-library

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EDIT: choose the ZIP-file you just saved before to your harddisk

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If the installing was successfull the IDe will show a message at the botton
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best regards Stefan

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You're missing the step where the user has to pick the zip-file :wink:

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I suggest that you add that a new user should always install libraries using the IDE library manager if possible. That will make it more likely that the library is installed properly and that the library is the latest available version.

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my Mac unzip the file automagically when it arrives on my desktop.

the rule of thumb is to remove the .master suffix from the folder and just move the folder into the personal libraries folder

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