"Help" With Creating Rom.

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Hello Guys,, Im Going 2 Install Linux " Ubuntu 9.10 " And i wanted 2 know if is that ( operating system ) the 1 i need for making rom's and such.

And if so then could anyone help me with the steps on how to create a rom.
im really getting serious about this soo please help.
and i have a cdma hero "sprint"
Rooted
Recovery Img 1.5.2
Rom: [Rom-dev] (2-18-10) AOSP 2.1 | Sensors Now Work by darchstar

Thankx In Advance

Originally Posted by lonnie23

Hello Guys,, Im Going 2 Install Linux " Ubuntu 9.10 " And i wanted 2 know if is that ( operating system ) the 1 i need for making rom's and such.

And if so then could anyone help me with the steps on how to create a rom.
im really getting serious about this soo please help.
and i have a cdma hero "sprint"
Rooted
Recovery Img 1.5.2
Rom: [Rom-dev] (2-18-10) AOSP 2.1 | Sensors Now Work by darchstar

Thankx In Advance

You should be okay using Ubuntu 9.10. I currently have that installed, but haven't done anything yet with it. Although, I actually plan on switching to Fedora 12 -- since I'm more familiar with the Red Hat distro's.

If you need help getting started, you should look into these tutorials below, provided and documented by Gbhil from Android Central.

How to create custom Icons:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-...ion-icons.html

ROM FAQ/How to Build ROMS:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/hack...l-rom-faq.html

How to setup Ubuntu for the Android SDK:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/hack...u-windows.html

OR here:
http://www.futuredesktop.org/develop...on_ubuntu.html

Gbhil does an excellent job explaining how things work and how to begin your journey with Android development, hope that helps.

I've used the links above to begin making a custom icon pack, and hopefully soon enough another AOSP ROM.

I use Ubuntu 9.10 for everything I do. Make sure you're root user in that by doing these commands in the terminal:

sudo passwd
*your root password here*
*repeat root password*

Then, log out of that user, and click "other" to log in. Type root for username, and the password you set with sudo passwd for password. Note, Ubuntu 9.10 is also referred to as Ubuntu Karmic or Karmic Koala, so those are the same as 9.10.

Thankx But could you help with more?

When i try to install the Sun's Java Runtime Engine (JRE) and Java Development Kit (JDK) thier both .bin files + i dont understand on how to make them work.
could you help?

Originally Posted by lonnie23

Thankx But could you help with more?

When i try to install the Sun's Java Runtime Engine (JRE) and Java Development Kit (JDK) thier both .bin files + i dont understand on how to make them work.
could you help?

I don't know about that, I just use the java built into ubuntu.

How did you set up yours then?

Doo you make roms and stuff??

Because i have a dual boot with my win7 and ubuntu

Originally Posted by lonnie23

How did you set up yours then?

Doo you make roms and stuff??

Because i have a dual boot with my win7 and ubuntu

All the links I gave you will give you the information to get started. Again, follow this think, it even says what its going to help you install:
We are now going to install these programs
• The Ubuntu Linux Desktop.
• Sun's Java Runtime (JRE) and Development Kit (JDK).
Java Runtime is only needed to run the Eclipse IDE. Android has its own optimized Java VM (Dalvik).
• The Eclipse IDE.
• The Android Software Developer's Kit (SDK).
• The Android Developer Tool (ADT), a special Eclipse plugin.

http://www.futuredesktop.org/develop...on_ubuntu.html

If you want to test if Java works -- you can run the commands java --version, which java and echo $JAVA_HOME (which java and echo $JAVA_HOME should correctly state where you chose to set your environment variables when you run them). Otherwise you could open a text editor (I use VIM) and write the universal "hello world" in Java and test Java that way to make sure the program runs.

Lastly, everyone here is more than willing to help you -- but try to search for the information via Google, here on XDA, or other Android forums yourself first -- you'd be surprised that they probably already have your answer.

Originally Posted by HeroMeng

I use Ubuntu 9.10 for everything I do.

I don't think Ubuntu 9.10 is bad -- but I've always worked with Red Hat/CentOS and at work we use RHEL servers, so Fedora is an easy switch for me.