This article describes how to compile KDEPIM for maemo. It takes the Nokia N810 as example device. It uses the cross-compiling environment scratchbox on an Intel-based computer.

On the Nokia itself

install subversion

to install openssh on a nokia 810
activate the maemo repository in the package manager
- settings->application manager
- tools -> application catalog
- memo extras -> edit -> un-tag "disabled"
- close
- browse installable applications
- all
- openssh
- install

ssh root@localhost
apt-get install subversion

In scratchbox

You cannot install scratchbox on an X64 computer, so, install an i386 into a VMWare virtual machine. This example uses SUSE 11, but it might work on other distributions as well. The following describes how to install scratchbox into that SUSE 11 32bit installation.

Hello world

First, we want to compile a "hello world" program for the Nokia. Here is how.

Set up scratchbox

root@i386 # useradd -m scratchboxuser
root@i386 # wget http://repository.maemo.org/stable/diablo/maemo-scratchbox-install_4.1.2.sh
root@i386 # chmod 777 maemo-scratchbox-install_4.1.2.sh
root@i386 # ./maemo-scratchbox-install_4.1.2.sh -s /scratchbox
root@i386 # /scratchbox/sbin/sbox_adduser myuser
root@i386 # su - scratchboxuser

set up the SDK

myuser@i386 $ wget http://repository.maemo.org/stable/diablo/maemo-sdk-install_4.1.sh

Start the install script and accept all choices:

myuser@i386 $ sh maemo-sdk-install_4.1.sh

start scratchbox

myuser@i386 $ /scratchbox/login
[sbox-DIABLO_ARMEL: ~] > sb-conf select DIABLO_ARMEL
[sbox-DIABLO_ARMEL: ~] > cat > main.c << EOF
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
  printf("hello world");
}
EOF
[sbox-DIABLO_ARMEL: ~] > gcc main.c
[sbox-DIABLO_ARMEL: ~] > file a.out
a.out: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped

copy the file to your Nokia N810 using scp

=> the file is executable on the Nokia

Re-login

To re-login after a reboot of your virtual machine run

/scratchbox/sbin/sbox_ctl start
/scratchbox/login

install cmake

Here you should better make a snapshot of your virtual machine.
Then create the installation repositories and install cmake:

cat >>/etc/apt/sources.list<<EOF
# repository with experimental kde packages and dependencies
deb http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo binary/
deb http://repository.maemo.org/ diablo free non-free
deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/ diablo free
deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/ diablo free
deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/ diablo free
EOF
apt-get update
apt-get install cmake

more information

You can also choose to add the repositories mentioned in http://www.forwardbias.in/data/articles/qt_on_maemo.txt, but as of 2008-09-07, qmake installed from there crashes with signal 11.
You can also choose to build qt on your own, but for me it does not find openssl during its installation process.

Install kde applications

cd
apt-get install shared-mime-info
apt-get install xsltproc
apt-get install kdepimlibs5-dev
svn co https://svn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/kdesupport
cd kdesupport
cmake . && make && make install
svn co https://svn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/KDE/4.1/kdepim
cd kdepim
cmake . && make && make install

Here you can get to run singular applications, e.g. ktimetracker.

re-install kdelibs

pcre

cd
curl ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-7.7.tar.gz>pcre-7.7.tar.gz
tar xvzf pcre-7.7.tar.gz
cd pcre-7.7
./configure && make && make install

kdelibs

cd
svn co https://svn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/KDE/4.1/kdelibs
mkdir kdelibs-build
cd kdelibs-build
cmake ../kdelibs
make 
make install

install kdepim

cd
svn co https://svn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/KDE/4.1/kdepim
cd kdepim 
cmake .
make && make install

Know-how

manually dpkg

wget http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo/binary/libqt4-qt3support_4.4.1-1maemo0_armel.deb
wget http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo/binary/libqt4-designer_4.4.1-1maemo0_armel.deb
wget http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo/binary/libqt4-script_4.4.1-1maemo0_armel.deb
wget http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo/binary/libqt4-dbus_4.4.1-1maemo0_armel.deb
wget http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo/binary/libqtcore4_4.4.1-1maemo0_armel.deb
wget http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo/binary/libqtgui4_4.4.1-1maemo0_armel.deb
wget http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo/binary/libqt4-xml_4.4.1-1maemo0_armel.deb
wget http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo/binary/libqt4-test_4.4.1-1maemo0_armel.deb
wget http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo/binary/libqt4-sql_4.4.1-1maemo0_armel.deb
wget http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo/binary/libqt4-webkit_4.4.1-1maemo0_armel.deb
wget http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo/binary/libqt4-svg_4.4.1-1maemo0_armel.deb
wget http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo/binary/libqt4-assistant_4.4.1-1maemo0_armel.deb
wget http://93.157.1.37/~marijn/maemo/binary/libqt4-xmlpatterns_4.4.1-1maemo0_armel.deb

TroubleShooting

kernel too old

If

cmake

delivers

FATAL: kernel too old

This happened for me with SLES 10. Better use SUSE 10.3 or SUSE 11.

unable to install maemo-sdk-dev

On SLES 10, I got

Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /scratchbox/devkits/debian-etch/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
E: Unable to install maemo-sdk-dev on DIABLO_ARMEL target.
E: Please check the sources.list for errors.
E: Scratchbox login returned error 100.

In this case, change your distribution and start again.

ld terminated with signal 9

Should you get

collect2: ld terminated with signal 9 [Killed]

Increase the amount of memory for the virtual machine, 512MB is not always enough.

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