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+1). remove hidden directory "./ftk/.svn"
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+2). svn checkout http://ftk.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ ftk
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+3). create a directory name "ftk" in your sd card
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+4). copy directory "./ftk/data", "./ftk/theme", "./ftk/testdata" to directory "ftk" which in your sd card
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+5). make sure RT_USING_FTK is defined and RT_USING_RTGUI is undefined
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+6). compile it
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+                                                   Jiao JinXing <jiaojinxing1987@gmail.com>