Compiling error: fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

[Cathaldub]

I apologise if I'm doing something stupid but on trying to compile in Ubuntu 18 I receive the following error

cathal@ubuntu:~/Downloads/OpenPHT-9.2-Rebase-Master$ make rpi2
./scripts/image mkimage

 =================================================================================
 Configuration for OpenPHT-Embedded (community)
 =================================================================================

 Buildoptions:
 ======================================================
 - CPU (ARCH):				 cortex-a7 (arm)
 - FLOAT:				 hard
 - FPU:					 neon-vfpv4
 - CPU features:			 32bit neon
 - LTO (Link Time Optimization) support: yes
 - GOLD (Google Linker) Support:	 yes
 - LLVM support:			 no
 - DEBUG:				 no

 Graphic configuration:
 ======================================================
 - OpenGL (GLX) support (provider):	 no (no)
 - OpenGLES support (provider):		 yes (bcm2835-driver)
 - uvesafb support:			 no

 Hardware decoder configuration:
 ======================================================
 - Kodi Player driver:			 bcm2835-driver
 - VAAPI Support:			 no
 - VDPAU Support:			 no

 Input device configuration:
 ======================================================
 - Remote support:			 yes
 - CEC Adapter support:			 yes
 - CEC Framework support:		
 - Kodi Joystick support:		 yes

 Misc. hardware configuration:
 ======================================================
 - ALSA support:			 yes
 - Pulseaudio support:			 yes
 - Bluetooth support:			 yes
 - Include driver:			 RTL8192CU
 - Include driver:			 RTL8192DU
 - Include driver:			 RTL8192EU
 - Include driver:			 RTL8188EU
 - Include driver:			 RTL8812AU
 - Include driver:			 rpi-cirrus-config
 - Include driver:			 bcm2835-driver
 - Include driver add-ons:		 crazycat
 - Include driver add-ons:		 dvb-latest
 - Include firmware:			 misc-firmware
 - Include firmware:			 wlan-firmware
 - Include firmware:			 dvb-firmware
 - Include firmware:			 brcmfmac_sdio-firmware-rpi

 Network service configuration:
 ======================================================
 - Avahi (Zeroconf) support:		 yes
 - NFS mounting support:		 no
 - SAMBA mounting support:		 yes
 - SAMBA server support:		 yes
 - SFTP server support:			 yes
 - OpenVPN support:			 yes
 - WireGuard support:			

 OS configuration:
 ======================================================
 - OEM Support:				 no
 - Default ROOT Password:		 openpht
 - Bootloader:				 bcm2835-bootloader
 - UDevil support:			 yes
 - Installer support:			 no

 Misc. Filesystems:
 ======================================================
 - Swap Support:			 yes
   - Swapfile default size:		 128
 - exFAT Support (via Fuse):		 yes
 - NTFS Support (via Fuse):		 yes
 - Install HFS Tools:			 yes

 Kodi configuration:
 ======================================================
 - Kodi version:			 plexht
 - Kodi Blu-Ray support:		 no
 - Kodi DVDCSS support:			 no
 - Kodi Airplay support:		 yes
 - Kodi Airtunes support:		 yes
 - Kodi NFS support:			 no
 - Kodi MySQL support:			 no
 - Kodi Optical Drive support:		 no
 - Kodi SAMBA client support:		 yes
 - Kodi UPNP support:			 yes
 - Kodi Webserver support:		 yes
 - Default Skin:			 plex
 - Include extra fonts:			 yes

 OpenPHT configuration:
 ======================================================
 - OpenPHT branch:			
 - OpenPHT repository:			
 - OpenPHT-Settings repository:		
 - OpenPHT gitrev:			
 - OpenPHT version:			

 Image configuration:
 ======================================================
 - Image version:			
 - Image name:				

 =================================================================================
 End Configuration for OpenPHT-Embedded
 =================================================================================



fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
Makefile:99: recipe for target 'rpi2' failed
make: *** [rpi2] Error 128

[Spark-NV]

Did you clone this repo or just download and extract it?

[Cathaldub]

Just download and extracted it

[Spark-NV]

your going to have to clone it, the compilation looks for the hidden git files created from the cloning process for hashes