[HOW-TO]Set up Android SDK/ADB/Fastboot on Ubuntu Linux

• Are interested in installing Ubuntu for the first time.
• Are/will be reinstalling Ubuntu from scratch.
• Want to keep your SDK installation easy to reach.
• Want to keep things nice and clean.

• Has a second hard drive.
• Has free space for another small partition.

1. While installing Ubuntu and on the Prepare Disk Space screen (partition editor), select "Specify partitions manually (Advanced)"
2. On the Create Partition dialog, select the following options:

   • Type for the new partition: Primary

     or Logical if you're dualbooting and know what you are doing.

   • New partition size in megabytes: 5120MB (5GB) might work. BUT:

     Quote:

     Originally Posted by ccyrowski

     It should be noted that if you ever plan on compiling kernels and/or cupcake ROM's you will NEED ubuntu8.04. You'll also need at least 10GB.

   • Location for the new partition: Beginning
   • Use as: Ext4 or Ext3

     Filesystem doesn't matter. (?)

   • Mount point: /AndroidSDK

     Enter this manually

3. Complete Ubuntu installation as usual.

1. Download the SDK.

   169.9 MB [http://developer.android.com/sdk/dow...x86-1.5_r3.zip]

2. Right-click and select Extract Here.
3. Move the contents of the android-sdk-linux_x86-1.5_r3 directory to your desired location.

   If you followed Optional Installation, move the contents to your /AndroidSDK directory in the root of your filesystem.

4. Close directory window.

1. Go to your home folder.

   Example: /home/wddglr/

2. Press Control + H to view hidden files.
3. Look for your .bashrc file and double click to open it with gedit.
4. Add the following lines to the top of the file:
   Code:

   #AndroidDev PATH
   export PATH=${PATH}:/AndroidSDK/tools

   IMPORTANT NOTE

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by savethechicken

   This is the way that I have my .bashrc file setup. For those having problems with it not recognizing the adb as a command try this...
   

   Code:

   export PATH=$PATH:/AndroidSDK/tools

   I removed the {} around ${PATH} and it is working if I had them on it would say that it didn't recognize the command. Removed them and all works well.

1. Type the following into a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal):
   Code:

   gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

2. Now add the following line to the blank file:
   Code:

   SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666"

3. Click save and close.
4. To restart udev, open up a terminal and enter:
   Code:

   sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart

1. Download this fastboot binary from http://android-dls.com.

   130.4 KB [http://android-dls.com/files/linux/fastboot]

2. Once downloaded to your desktop, right click and select Properties.
3. Navigate to the Permissions tab and configure the following option:

   Execute: [√] Allow executing file as program

4. Click Close.
5. Move the fastboot bianary to your /AndroidSDK/tools/ directory.
6. Reboot.

Now you can use adb and fastboot directly from any terminal. If you chose to do the Optional Preparation, you can now save your Eclipse Workspace and your downloaded/custom ROMs/Themes in this new /AndroidSDK directory keeping things easier to reach and safe from evil disk errors or other mishaps!!! :eek: