The following steps amlost base on the README file in openfetion dir.
1. Parameters
version: openfetion-all-2.1.0
Ubuntu: 10.04 LTS
2.Steps
2.1 install neccessary libs
some libs is neccessary, such as openssl , libxml2 , gtk+2.0 , and u can using apt-get to install like this:
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
(or libgtk2-dev, you can use tab key to find the specific name in your source)
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev
sudo apt-get install pkg-config
sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev (Important)
2.2 install cmake and build openfetion
sudo apt-get install cmake
cd your openfeiton root dir, then
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release ..
make
sudo make install
2.3 OK, may be you can find the openfeion icon in Applications/Internet/OpenFetion
Good luck!
PS: U can get some better info from the link: http://basiccoder.com/write-to-uses-of-openfetion.html