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Install
git,to conveniently download the OpenWrt source code,andbuild toolsto do the cross-compilation process:<span class="kw2" style="color:#000000;font-weight:bold">sudo</span> <span class="kw2" style="color:#000000;font-weight:bold">apt-get update</span> <span class="kw2" style="color:#000000;font-weight:bold">sudo</span> <span class="kw2" style="color:#000000;font-weight:bold">apt-get install</span> git-core build-essential libssl-dev libncurses5-dev <span class="kw2" style="color:#000000;font-weight:bold">unzip</span>
Some Feeds might not available over git but only viasubversion(short:svn) ormercurial. If you want to obtain their source-code,you need to install svn and mercurial as well:<span class="kw2" style="color:#000000;font-weight:bold">sudo</span> <span class="kw2" style="color:#000000;font-weight:bold">apt-get install</span> subversion mercurial
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for information about the build tools see
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for information about git see
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for information about the subversion tool see
svnand subversion documentation (multiple languages)
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Download the OpenWrt bleeding edge(trunk Version) with
git( seeDownloading Sourcesfor more options!):<span class="kw2" style="color:#000000;font-weight:bold">git clone</span> git:<span class="sy0" style="color:#66cc66;">//</span>git.openwrt.org<span class="sy0" style="color:#66cc66;">/</span>openwrt.git
this creates a directory 'openwrt',which is the OpenWrt Buildroot build-directory
the OpenWrt toolchain "OpenWrt Buildroot" is included
