1 page.title=Installing the SDK 2 walkthru=1 3 4 @jd:body 5 6 7 <p>You should have already downloaded the <a href="{@docRoot}sdk/index.html">Android SDK</a>. Now 8 you need to set up your development environment.</p> 9 10 <p>The SDK you've downloaded is not the complete SDK environment. It includes only the core SDK tools, which you can 11 use to download the rest of the SDK packages (such as the latest system image).</p> 12 13 14 <div id="win" class="docs" style="display:none"> 15 16 <h3>Getting started on Windows</h3> 17 <p>Your download package is an executable file that starts an installer. The installer checks your machine 18 for required tools, such as the proper Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and installs it if necessary. 19 The installer then saves the Android SDK Tools into a default location (or you can specify the location).</p> 20 21 <p>Make a note of the name and location of the SDK directory on your system—you will need to 22 refer to the SDK directory later, when setting up the ADT plugin and when using 23 the SDK tools from the command line.</p> 24 25 <p>Once the tools are installed, the installer offers to start the Android SDK Manager. Start it and 26 continue with the installation guide by clicking the 27 <strong>Next</strong> link on the right.</p> 28 29 </div> 30 31 32 33 <div id="mac" class="docs" style="display:none"> 34 35 <h3>Getting started on Mac</h3> 36 37 <p>Your download package is {@code .zip}. 38 Unpack it to a safe location on your machine. By default, the SDK files are unpacked 39 into a directory named <code>android-sdk-mac_x86</code>.</p> 40 41 <p>Make a note of the name and location of the SDK directory on your system—you will need to 42 refer to the SDK directory later, when setting up the ADT plugin and when using 43 the SDK tools from the command line.</p> 44 45 <p>Now continue with the installation guide by clicking the 46 <strong>Next</strong> link on the right.</p> 47 48 </div> 49 50 51 52 53 <div id="linux" class="docs" style="display:none"> 54 55 <h3>Getting started on Linux</h3> 56 57 <p>Your download package is a {@code .tgz}. 58 Unpack it to a safe location on your machine. By default, the SDK files are unpacked 59 into a directory named <code>android-sdk-linux_x86</code>.</p> 60 61 <p>Make a note of the name and location of the SDK directory on your system—you will need to 62 refer to the SDK directory later, when setting up the ADT plugin and when using 63 the SDK tools from the command line.</p> 64 65 <p>Now continue with the installation guide by clicking the 66 <strong>Next</strong> link on the right.</p> 67 68 69 <h4 id="Troubleshooting">Troubleshooting Ubuntu</h4> 70 71 <ul> 72 <li>If you need help installing and configuring Java on your 73 development machine, you might find these resources helpful: 74 <ul> 75 <li><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java </a></li> 76 <li><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JavaInstallation</a></li> 77 </ul> 78 </li> 79 <li>Here are the steps to install Java and Eclipse, prior to installing 80 the Android SDK and ADT Plugin. 81 <ol> 82 <li>If you are running a 64-bit distribution on your development 83 machine, you need to install the <code>ia32-libs</code> package using 84 <code>apt-get:</code>: 85 <pre>apt-get install ia32-libs</pre> 86 </li> 87 <li>Next, install Java: <pre>apt-get install sun-java6-jdk</pre></li> 88 <li>The Ubuntu package manager does not currently offer an Eclipse 3.6 89 version for download, so we recommend that you download Eclipse from 90 eclipse.org (<a 91 href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">http://www.eclipse.org/ 92 downloads/</a>). A Java or RCP version of Eclipse is recommended.</li> 93 <li>Follow the steps given in previous sections to install the SDK 94 and the ADT plugin. </li> 95 </ol> 96 </li> 97 </ul> 98 99 </div> 100 101 <p><a href='' onclick='showAll();return false;'>Other platforms</a></p> 102 103 <script> 104 var $osDocs; 105 if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Win")!=-1) { 106 $osDocs = $('#win'); 107 } else if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Mac")!=-1) { 108 $osDocs = $('#mac'); 109 } else if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Linux")!=-1) { 110 $osDocs = $('#linux'); 111 } 112 113 if ($osDocs.length) { 114 // reveal only the docs for this OS 115 $osDocs.show(); 116 } else { 117 // not running a compatible OS, so just show all the docs 118 $('.docs').show(); 119 } 120 121 function showAll() { 122 $('.docs').each(function() { 123 if (!$(this).is(':visible')) { 124 console.log('show') 125 $(this).show(); 126 } else { 127 console.log('hide') 128 $(this).hide(); 129 $osDocs.show(); 130 } 131 }); 132 } 133 </script> 134
