How Can I Install Eclipse with the ADT (Android Development Tool) on Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit?

Question

There is the Android documentation:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html

And there is this WordPress blog I found:

http://bhargavg.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/installing-android-development-environment-on-ubuntu-11-10/

Neither worked for me out of the box. But by piecing together bits and pieces from other sources, I think I have managed to configure Eclipse to run with the ADT plugin. I will post a step-by-step guide here with my source.

There is also this nicely detailed step-by-step guide for Ubuntu 10.10 listed in another question that deserves mention:

http://www.futuredesktop.com/maverick/android/developing_android_apps_on_ubuntu.html

Again, I don't think the steps listed there will work for 11.10 64-bit, but it offers an excellent overview of the process in general.

Answer 1

1. Install Java Packages

• http://softwareinabottle.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/install-sun-jdk-6-on-ubuntu-11-10/
• http://thelinuxexperiment.com/guinea-pigs/tyler-b/how-to-install-sun-java6-jdk-and-netbeans-in-ubuntu-11-10/

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-plugin

2. Install ia32-libs

• http://android-eclipse.blogspot.com/2011/05/failed-to-get-adb-version-cannot-run.html

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

3. Select Correct Version of JVM using update-alternative

(install update-alternative with apt-get if necessary)

• http://android-eclipse.blogspot.com/2011/05/failed-to-get-adb-version-cannot-run.html

sudo update-alternatives --config java

then select the number for: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java

4. Install Eclipse

I installed this version as recommended by google:

• http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/indigo/R/eclipse-java-indigo-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz

This is a guide for 64-bit Ubuntu, so make sure to get the 64-bit version

Download, unzip, double-click eclipse file in root dir to launch

5. Install SDK Start Package

I just followed the Android docs here:

• http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html#Installing

6. Install Android Platforms

• http://bhargavg.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/installing-android-development-environment-on-ubuntu-11-10/

Double click android-sdk-linux/tools/android

7. Install ADT Plugin

Follow steps for downloading and configuring:

• http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html#installing

8. Add these lines to bottom of .bashrc

• http://stackoverflow.com/a/8693384/1093087

export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdks/platform-tools
export ANDROID_SDK_HOME=~/android-sdks/platform-tools
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_SDK_HOME

To edit:

gedit ~.bashrc
type in lines above with correct paths
source ~/.bashrc

9. Restart Eclipse

If successful, you should see no errors on startup and console panel will say: Android