install cordova from ubuntu ppa

configure.ac

@@ -34,15 +34,6 @@ AC_PATH_PROG(ANDROID, [android], [0],
                       [${PATH}${PATH_SEPARATOR}${ANDROID_HOME}/tools])
 AC_PATH_PROG(CORDOVA, [cordova], [0],
                       [${PATH}${PATH_SEPARATOR}$(pwd)/node_modules/cordova/bin])
-if test ${CORDOVA} = 0; then
-   AC_CHECK_PROG(NODE_NPM, [npm node], [1], [0])
-   if test ${NODE_NPM} -eq 1; then
-      if npm install cordova; then
-         AC_PATH_PROG(CORDOVA, [cordova], [0],
-                               [${PATH}${PATH_SEPARATOR}$(pwd)/node_modules/cordova/bin])
-      fi
-   fi
-fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CORDOVA, [test ${CORDOVA} != 0 -a ${ANDROID} != 0])
 AX_SUBST(CORDOVA)
 

debian/control.in

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Source: @PACKAGE_NAME@
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: @AUTHOR@
-Build-Depends: debhelper, subversion, pkg-config, automake, libtool, autotools-dev, lsb-release, doxygen, graphviz, mscgen, npm, node
+Build-Depends: debhelper, subversion, pkg-config, automake, libtool, autotools-dev, lsb-release, doxygen, graphviz, mscgen, cordova-cli
 
 Package: @PACKAGE_NAME@
 Section: web