I checked out the source code on my Ubuntu GNU/Linux system connected to the Internet using:
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/hurd co hurd
I mounted the hurd directory on Ubuntu from my GNU Hurd system connected to the LAN through NFS:
settrans -ac /mnt /hurd/nfs ubuntu:/home/shaks/code
Copy the hurd directory, locally.
For compilation, you require build-essential, libc0.3-dev, hurd-dev. I used Debian GNU Hurd K10 CDs for installation and they are available in the first CD.
apt-get update
apt-get install build-essential libc0.3-dev hurd-dev
Enter into the hurd directory and start building it:
cd hurd
mkdir build
cd build
../configure
make
There is a "libiohelp needed by" error. So, do a manual compilation for libiohelp.
cd ..
make libiohelp
cd build
make
There is a "libiostore needed by" error. So, do a manual compilation for libiostore.
cd ..
make libiostore
cd build
make
There is a "libiohelp.so: No such file or directory" error.
Copy libiohelp/libiohelp.so file to build/libiohelp/ and re-run make,
make
The executables are created in the subdirectories in build/ directory.