[maemo-developers] Building Maemo OS from Source.

[From: Samir Faci (Dev)]

Hmm.. any one know if meego will be completely open source?.

Or is it too early to know for sure at this point.

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Samir Faci

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Joseph Charpak
<josephcharpak at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 12:37 -0500, Samir Faci (Dev) wrote:
>> I was wondering if anyone has gone through the process of building the
>> entire maemo
>> operating system from source and if this has been documented anywhere?
>>
>> Basically, I'm looking for something that allows me to build the
>> entire thing, make minor modifications... and be able
>> to re-flash it to my phone.  N900 or similar architecture.
>
> Not possible as maemo is not 100% open source and parts of the SDK are
> distributed only as binaries. Also the system doesn't tend to respond
> well to certain packages being updated outside of Nokia firmware
> updates.
>
> Other parts of the system are open however and it may be possible to
> update them without causing problems due to future firmware updates.
>
> Learn more about programming for N900 at
> http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Maemo_5_Developer_Guide
>
> and specific instructions on how to install the SDK in particular at
>
> http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Maemo5_Final_Installation
>
> Joseph Charpak
> josephcharpak at comcast.net
>
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