[GUIDE] Build CWM recovery

You may also use http://builder.clockworkmod.com/, there you can build touch and non-touch version. Always latest version. Current version 6.0.2.8
Files needed for this you can find within device files:
arco github
ivendor github

File location:

/recovery.fstab
/recovery/graphics.c
/recovery/postrecoveryboot.sh

1. Install android sdk http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
   
   
2. Install needed libs
   
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   sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg flex bison gperf libsdl1.2-dev libesd0-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev squashfs-tools build-essential zip curl libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jdk pngcrush schedtool libxml2 xsltproc g++-multilib lib32z1-dev lib32ncurses5-dev lib32readline-gplv2-dev gcc-4.7-multilib g++-4.5-multilib

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3. Create Directories
   
   Code:

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   $ mkdir -p ~/bin
$ mkdir -p ~/android/cm9 //change folder name to the android version you are building cwm from.

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4. Install repo
   
   Code:

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   $ curl https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/googlesource/git-repo/repo > ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

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5. Add "~/bin" to PATH of execution
   
   Code:

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   $ gedit ~/.bashrc

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   add:
   
   Code:

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   #Android
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk/platform-tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/bin

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6. Initialize Repo & sync
   
   Code:

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   $ cd ~/android/cm9/
$ repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b ics //github.com/CyanogenMod/android_bootable_recovery -> choose branch ->version of recovery in Android.mk
$ repo sync

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7. Add device files to ~/android/cm9/
   
   Code:

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   $ cd ~/android/cm9/device
$ mkdir samsung
$ cd samsung
$ git clone git://github.com/arco/android_device_samsung_ariesve -b ics-2.6 ariesve

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8. Add vendor files
   
   Code:

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   $ cd ~/android/cm9/vendor
$ mkdir samsung
$ cd samsung
$ git clone git://github.com/arco/android_vendor_samsung_ariesve.git -b ics ariesve

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9. Prepare device specific code
   
   Code:

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   $ cd ~/android/cm9/
$ . build/envsetup.sh
$ lunch //choose -> cm_ariesve-userdebug

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10. Compile recovery
    
    Code:

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    make clobber && make -j# recoveryimage  //# CPU-Cores+1

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