Source Code Build

[ajgisme]

Hey,
i was going thru the tutorial thingy on building the source code, (coz i want to put on some patches), and i downloadedcygwin thingy, and I got it to load, the only thing is, when i tried to go to tools configure, it said it couldn't fin directory or file, so how do i build the source code once ive downloaded cyg?
The tutorial i read is here:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SimpleGuideToCompiling#Adding_Patches

[saratoga]

Copy and paste the contents of the cygwin window here and I can probably tell you whats wrong.

[ajgisme]

no dont worry, i workerd it out, it turned out i forgot to unzip the source code!

[saratoga]

You should use SVN to download it in the future. Its easier, and would have avoided this problem.

[ajgisme]

wait! But now that i have compiled it how do i load it?
Do i replace it with the old rockbox folder?
What do i tell loader 2 to load?

[saratoga]

Just decompress the rockbox.zip you made to your player.  Same as installing a build you downloaded.

[ajgisme]

but then it says missing .rockbox folder! installation incomplete!

[elborak]

Exactly what did you type to build it and what did you type (and where) to unpack it?

[Nate!]

Did you do a "make zip" after compiling?

After doing ../tools/configure and choosing your player and (N), then type make && make zip.  It will compile and create the zip.  Then just extract the zip to your player.  The zip will contain the .rockbox folder.