[maemo-developers] Problem compiling Hildon Desktop Apps How-To

[From: Jussi Kukkonen]

Alias Node wrote:
> I'm having trouble compiling the example code from the Hildon Desktop
> Apps How-to at:
> 
> http://maemo.org/development/documentation/how-tos/4-x/writing_hildon_desktop_plug-ins_for_maemo.html
>  
> Following the instructions and running:
>    dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
> 
> I get the following error in the config:
>    # Add here commands to configure the package.
>    CFLAGS="-Wall -g -O2" ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static
>    configure: error: cannot find install-sh or install.sh in . ./.. ./../..
>    make: *** [configure-stamp] Error 1
> There doesn't seem to be anything named "install" in the tar file.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 

run ./autogen.sh to bootstrap the source.

In my opinion this should be done automatically by debian/rules  but
apparently isn't (at the very least README should mention it).


Jussi