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ibrahim.ali at asgatech

Nov 19, 2009, 8:25 AM

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Willing to Compile Maemo source

greetings;

I am trying to get the entire source code of Maemo 5 and try to compile
it to generate a complete image out of it. But I have some questions to
start with:

1. where can I get the complete source code ? in other words: is the
source code in the repository : http://maemo.gitorious.org/ THE
COMPLETE source code (including all tools and the kernel) ? If
not, is where can i get the missing sources (sources not in
maemo.gitorious.org if any exist ) ??
2. Any instructions to build the complete source code ?? Any
Documentation ??
3. I've heard that there are parts of Maemo closed source (made by
nokia) that I can't download and build . Can I have a
complete/running Maemo system without them (can compiling only the
open source components create a running system image) ?
4. Anyway to test my output image (If it can be built) in the
emulator/ phone ??
5. Any further advice/note to add ???

thanks alot in advance
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aklapper at openismus

Nov 19, 2009, 8:49 AM

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Re: Willing to Compile Maemo source [In reply to]

Hi Ibrahim,

Am Donnerstag, den 19.11.2009, 18:25 +0200 schrieb ibrahim:
> 3. I've heard that there are parts of Maemo closed source (made by
> nokia) that I can't download and build . Can I have a
> complete/running Maemo system without them (can compiling only the
> open source components create a running system image) ?

Just to clarify: The complete source code is not available as Maemo is
not 100% open source but maybe 80% (according to Nokia).
For your interest, reasons for components not being open source are
listed here: http://wiki.maemo.org/Why_the_closed_packages

You will not get full functionality without these closed source parts.
Mer (http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer) might be an interesting alternative
here.

andre

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Andre Klapper (maemo.org bugmaster)

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