Depends if it was a standard project format like npm or setup.py.
The risk is, by asking, you indicate you don't know how to use standard industry tooling.
"hey, your starter code is not running in my environment, have any documentation about how to set it up" is a better question to ask when it's some custom script they hacked together.
The risk is, by asking, you indicate you don't know how to use standard industry tooling.
"hey, your starter code is not running in my environment, have any documentation about how to set it up" is a better question to ask when it's some custom script they hacked together.