Compile weechat irc on Ubuntu ARMHF - ARMv7

weechat-on-arm.md

Build weechat (irc client) on a Ubuntu Linux 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) running on an Android Phone

Installing required packages

sudo apt-get install build-essential automake checkinstall
sudo apt-get build-dep weechat

Getting the sources

wget http://www.weechat.org/files/src/weechat-0.4.3.tar.gz

Extracting the sources

tar zxvf weechat-0.4.3.tar.gz

Building and installing

Installing in /usr/local (default)

cd weechat-0.4.3
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install

Installing in custom directory

cd weechat-0.4.3
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DPREFIX=/path/to/directory
make
make install

(use sudo if necessary to install, after compiling)

More info

WeeChat User Docs

http://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_user.en.html#compile_with_cmake

Ubuntu Docs: Compiling Software

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingSoftware

Thanks for this very useful guide :)
EDIT : just noticed there was a ARM-HF .deb package on their download page : here
(It's for raspbian, but I think it should work on ubuntu too ^^)