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Ubuntu 7.10 - Android HOWTO

Luka posted his HOWTO for Ubuntu 7.10 to the Android Development Group

I finally found a way to run my apps. It is pretty simple, here is an TODO list to be sure Android will work on your Ubuntu 7.10.

1. Follow all the thing wrote at http://code.google.com/android/intro/installing.html#installingsdk as “Installing the SDK” and “Installing the Eclipse Plugin (ADT)”
2. Make sure you have Java 6 ( sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre )
3. Make sure you have exported SDK PATH in .bashrc ( export PATH=${PATH}:<path to your $SDK_ROOT/tools>)
4. Open eclipse and go to Window>Preference and click Java>Installed JRE
5. Click Search button and go to /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/
6. Activate the new JRE (java6) and remove old one
7. Add the line “JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun” into the file ~/.eclipse/eclipserc (create it if needed)
8. Restart Eclipse, Create project (http://code.google.com/android/intro/hello-android.html) , Run and Enjoy (you may need to reboot adb with “adb kill-server” the first time)

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We seem to live in the exciting time - Android Freeware Directory

In a strangely written announcement, sfdteam@googlemail.com (profile) wrote to the Official Android Development Group about living in the exciting time..

Hello everybody!

We seem to live in the exciting time! The Android Platform looks sooo
impressive and we love completely the technologies behind it. So,
today we are announcing the launch of the Android Freeware Directory,
where we will post the newest releases of the Android-targeted free
applications, utilities and games. Every registered user can add own
freeware application to the directory, so it is completely OPEN and
community-oriented and -driven.

You will be surprised but the Directory is not empty, there is already
one free game called Snake This game was created by Google staff
and was included in the SDK package as a sample. Currently our team
members are working hard to port few other games to the platform.
We’ll add them too as soon as possible.

There will be surely more apps popping up soon from another early
Android adopters all over the world. We’ll be happy to collect all
cool stuff under one common roof.

Feel free to visit the Android Freeware Directory at http://www.android-freeware.org/
and subscribe to the RSS feeds to stay informed of new releases.

With best regards
Smartphone Freeware Directory Team

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