I can't personally comment on the initial statement regarding PressTab, tbh. As far as I'm aware, he's left crypto entirely and that's exactly what bitmaster has been saying. Nonetheless, HYP is being actively invested in and we're injecting all the necessary time and resources to ensure that the project has a future. Ergo, the re-brand. The former HYP Twitter / Reddit / social media outlets have not been used for almost 4 years. This is a huge issue in terms of how larger exchanges perceive the project, as the impression is that it's been abandoned and not being actively developed, etc. The rebrand is intentional. Not only was HYP lacking in terms of the aesthetic narrative, but HyperStake's internet presence simply reflects long-term neglect. The new name, new aesthetics, new narrative, etc, will ensure that the perception going forth will be of one that's active and being developed.

Here are the links to the Linux binaries. They're static built and will execute on the majority of Linux systems, so compiling isn't necessary.

https://download.crypto-city.com/hyp/linux/Element-qt-appimage.zip
https://download.crypto-city.com/hyp/linux/elementd-appimage.zip

However, if you do intend to compile, then my guess is that you need to switch from:

libdb5.3-dev libdb5.3++-dev

To:

libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev

As you can see from the source, we've now included additional build notes for MacOS, Win-32, and Win-64, and a separate dependency list for Ubuntu 18 non-gui, as the scripts are not compatible with the later version of bdb:

https://github.com/Crypto-city/Element-HYP

What version of Ubuntu are you trying to build on? I'd be happy to take a look at this myself to see where the issue is and then we can update the README.md, so that we can help avoid this confusion in future.