Linux HOW-TO compile XBMC from a GIT source

syk3d Wrote:It's the Cheshire Cat, sent back from the future to blow your mind.

The cat may no longer be fat, but I counter attacked and it melted in a pool of beer.

X3lectric Wrote:The cat may no longer be fat, but I counter attacked and it melted in a pool of beer.

:confused2:? - that is just weird. i don't get it.

anyway, back to reality and back on topic.

if i change the line git:// for the AE branch, will the rest of it still work, it'll just compile AE instead?

yes

X3lectric,

In this command in the first post,

wget -n -q http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4325533/XCI/XBMC_build_git.sh; chmod +x XBMC_build_git.sh

shouldn't it be,

wget -N -q http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4325533/XCI/XBMC_build_git.sh; chmod +x XBMC_build_git.sh

With a capital letter N as the option, not a small n?

Thanks

No actually, but well spotted should be

wget -nc -q http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4325533/XCI/XBMC_build_git.sh; chmod +x XBMC_build_git.sh

-nc = no clobber

Ill update it.

All it does it doesnt put out any output to terminal when actually wget'ing a file its not necessary to have -nc -q

cheers.

just trying to build and it gives me this (with the normal git, not AE).

"install: cannot stat 'xbmc.bin': No such file or directory"

is it just the current git doesn't build, or have i messed something up (using the script).

that means it didnt compile XBMC.bin, I have no idea if its building ornot main tree, lots of changes ATM.

What I do is compile a second time or in this case refresh using script a second time. If its still broken then look at FAQ.

If any problems you best ask in IRC freenode #XBMC-Linux.

I will compile and test and see.

built just fine here

Built on Jul 20 2011 (Git:20110720-302d816)

thanks for trying. at least i know it is my system, and not the current git.

like I said compile again a second time it may or may not correct it.

I've come accross that and compiling a second time corrects various sins, since Linux is IMO a bitch with own attitude.