how to build mtd-utilities

1) Download mtd-utils from the link.

ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/mtd-utils/

(PS: Reference link http://elinux.org/CompilingMTDUtils)

2) Preparation for x86 build.

i) zlib
ii) lzo
iii) uuid

(PS: For ubuntu 10.04, user can install the packages from "Synaptic Package Manager" or "apt-get".)

3) Build with the following command.

WITHOUT_XATTR=1 make
sudo su
DESTDIR=/usr/local make install

To compile external mtd-utils-1.3.x, build e2fsprogs, lzo, zlib in ltib first. No need to modify the Makefile.

Then run the following:

Setting the following flags.

ZLIBCPPFLAGS="-I/home/usr/include" ZLIBLDFLAGS="-L/home/usr/lib" CROSS=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- WITHOUT_XATTR=1 make