Warning 
 Do not build as root,always build as user.
 Setup 
Get and install the repo tool
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 mkdir bin
 cd bin
 wget http://android.git.kernel.org/repo
 chmod a+x repo
 cd ..
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Get replicant 2.2
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 mkdir replicant-2.2
 cd replicant-2.2
 ../bin/repo init -u git://gitorious.org/replicant/manifest.git -b replicant-2.2
 ../bin/repo sync
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 Each time you want to build replicant 2.2 
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cd ~/replicant-2.2
 ../bin/repo sync
source build/envsetup.sh
export ANDROID_JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
lunch cyanogen_dream_sapphire-eng 
make -j$(echo "$(grep 'processor' /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l ) + 1" | bc)  #uses arguments like -j9 to speed up build in case of multi-core cpu
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