Unboxing the SDK - Installation on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, w/ Eclipse.

Here we go with an install of the SDK.

Alright, gotta make sure Eclipse is installed.


Get:1 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main ant 1.7.0-3 [1281kB]
Get:2 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main ant-optional 1.7.0-3 [694kB]
Get:3 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main java-common 0.26ubuntu1 [77.1kB]
Get:4 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe libswt3.2-gtk-jni 3.2.2-3ubuntu3 [211kB]
Get:5 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe libswt3.2-gtk-java 3.2.2-3ubuntu3 [1579kB]
Get:6 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe eclipse-rcp 3.2.2-3ubuntu3 [4059kB]
Get:7 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe liblucene-java 1.4.3.dfsg-1.2 [691kB]
Get:8 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe liblucene-java-doc 1.4.3.dfsg-1.2 [176kB]
Get:9 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main libjsch-java 0.1.28-2 [170kB]
Get:10 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main libservlet2.4-java 5.0.30-6ubuntu1 [143kB]
Get:11 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe libcommons-el-java 1.0-3 [218kB]...

... etc., etc.

I've actually never worked with Eclipse much before. I've installed it a few times, gone in and done some sightseeing and sampling of the locals' daughters, but never considered calling it home even temporarily.

Meanwhile, unpack the .zip. I've set up a folder in my home directory called Android and exrtract the subfolders of the .zip into it.

As the instructions instruct, add $SDK_root/tools to my path toolkit:

export PATH=${PATH}:/home/user/Android/tools/

echo $PATH
/home/user/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin
:/bin:/usr/games:/home/user/Android/tools/


'Kay. Good so far.

Coming up in the unboxing part two: Will Jordan's Eclipse install work? Howabout installing the Eclipse plugin for Android? Stay tuned for the answers to these exciting questions, and more...