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psgarcha92:
Ok, now i've built the Build. have completed compiling and have made the Zip by using the Make Zip command.
but where is the Zip file placed? i just cant locate it> where do i look for it? the root folder is locked, that i can just browse using the Terminal, nothing else.
Where is the Zip file that i made from the source code?

marc2003:
you are joking right?  ;D

(it's inside the "build" folder that you must have created and ran tools/configure and make from)

psgarcha92:
am not kidding at all.
i am using Ubuntu particularly, there wasnt any point where i created any builds folder.
i was using cd rockbox/tools
to start compiling, but sadly, i just cant find where the folder exists.

marc2003:

--- Quote from: psgarcha92 on May 19, 2011, 03:41:25 AM ---Now, i follow the Steps as on http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/LinuxSimpleGuideToCompiling,
and i have downloaded and installed all repositories needed, including the source code.

--- End quote ---

you really read that but you don't have a build folder???


--- Quote ---Type cd ~/rockbox. The last line in your terminal should read username@computername:~/rockbox$ . Type mkdir build (mkdir means "make directory"), then type cd build . Your current line should say username@computername:~/rockbox/build$ Now type ../tools/configure - and make sure you include those two periods.

A table of ALL the devices Rockbox supports will come up, and each device will have a number beside it. Simply type the number for the device you want to make a build for. I use a Sansa c200, so I would type 52.

Next, you'll see a few choices for the type of build you'd like to make. Let's make a normal build: type n. Wait for a few seconds. When it says "Created makefile", type make (or make -j for a multicore system) and wait. Type make zip to prepare a rockbox.zip and wait a little more. That's your build, ready to install onto a real device. Use it like you would for a manual update (that is, unzip its contents into the root of your device, overwriting old files if necessary). When it's done, congratulations! You've compiled your own copy of Rockbox, and made a .zip file like the one you download from the website!
--- End quote ---

bluebrother:
We have detailed instructions on how to build Rockbox in the wiki. If you decide not to follow them you shouldn't expect people helping you. Building from the tools folder is wrong wrong wrong and will cause you all kind of trouble. But feel free to ignore what others have already figured and documented and waste lots of time. If you can't figure it from the documentation you might be better not compiling your own build at all. You *can* seriously damage your player so making the process too simple is a bad thing.

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