Problem Installing Repo

[ladodger1717]

I have been learning Java for a little while now. I still have a long way to go, but I thought I would install Ubuntu on my machine for the first time since I heard it is better for programming than Windows. I have installed Eclipse and set it up with the Android SDK and also made the Hello World program. That was just to give you an idea of where I am at.

So after that I decided I would try to "get the source" and was using Android Open Source Project website. Everything was going fine until I had to install Repo. I did all the commands for the install and then moved on to "initializing a Repo client" and got this error in the terminal after running

"michael@michael-HP-TouchSmart-tx2-Notebook-PC:~/mydroid$ repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git"


No command 'repo' found, did you mean:
Command 'rep' from package 'rep' (universe)
Command 'repl' from package 'nmh' (universe)
Command 'repl' from package 'mailutils-mh' (universe)
repo: command not found

I have Googled this error and am either confused by the language that is being used or have been unsuccessful. So if you are going to give me a link, please explain in non-programmers language. Trying to teach myself this stuff and I run into problems occasionally that I just don't understand. Can someone please help me out with this?

I am sure everyone knows, but here is the link I used to "get source".....

Get Android Source Code | Android Open Source

[thinkmega]

Have you executed this command:
curl http://android.git.kernel.org/repo > ~/bin/repo ?

(Question mark is mine.)
If not, you should do this:
mkdir ~/bin
curl http://android.git.kernel.org/repo > ~/bin/repo
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

If yes, you want to make sure ~/bin is ON the PATH. Edit ~/.bashrc and
add:
PATH=${PATH}:~/bin
to the bottom of the file.

You can either open a new terminal or source .bashrc to make the change effective.

Hope it helps.

[ladodger1717]

Have you executed this command:
curl http://android.git.kernel.org/repo > ~/bin/repo ?

(Question mark is mine.)
If not, you should do this:
mkdir ~/bin
curl http://android.git.kernel.org/repo > ~/bin/repo
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

If yes, you want to make sure ~/bin is ON the PATH. Edit ~/.bashrc and
add:
PATH=${PATH}:~/bin
to the bottom of the file.

You can either open a new terminal or source .bashrc to make the change effective.

Hope it helps.

Thank you very much. The problem was that I needed ~/bin "ON" the PATH. I did what you recommended and it all went through correctly. Thanks again.

[ladodger1717]

I have another question.................

When I am building the code and get to the final step ($ Make) I get this message.......

Checking build tools versions...
build/core/main.mk:76: ************************************************** **********
build/core/main.mk:77: You are attempting to build on a 32-bit system.
build/core/main.mk:78: Only 64-bit build environments are supported beyond froyo/2.2.
build/core/main.mk:79: ************************************************** **********
build/core/main.mk:80: *** stop. Stop.

I think it is pretty clear that any version beyond 2.2 will require 64-bit build environments. I am not sure if this means I need to do it on a 64 bit operating system or if I just need to download 64bit Java. If it is the Java, do I need both the 64 bit versions of the JRE and the JDK?

Right now I am running a 32-bit Ubuntu on a computer that also runs a 64-bit Windows 7. Not sure if that matters.

[neubanks89]

I have another question.................

When I am building the code and get to the final step ($ Make) I get this message.......

Checking build tools versions...
build/core/main.mk:76: ************************************************** **********
build/core/main.mk:77: You are attempting to build on a 32-bit system.
build/core/main.mk:78: Only 64-bit build environments are supported beyond froyo/2.2.
build/core/main.mk:79: ************************************************** **********
build/core/main.mk:80: *** stop. Stop.

I think it is pretty clear that any version beyond 2.2 will require 64-bit build environments. I am not sure if this means I need to do it on a 64 bit operating system or if I just need to download 64bit Java. If it is the Java, do I need both the 64 bit versions of the JRE and the JDK?

Right now I am running a 32-bit Ubuntu on a computer that also runs a 64-bit Windows 7. Not sure if that matters.

You'll probably need to be on a 64-bit version of ubuntu. That's all I use now

[ladodger1717]

Alright, So I spent all last night switching over to a 64-bit version of Ubuntu and trying to get back to where I was. One thing I am curious about........The android open source project site says that Java 6 is not supported for getting the source. Does this still hold true? Hasn't it been over a year since Java 6 was released? Thanks.

[neubanks89]

Alright, So I spent all last night switching over to a 64-bit version of Ubuntu and trying to get back to where I was. One thing I am curious about........The android open source project site says that Java 6 is not supported for getting the source. Does this still hold true? Hasn't it been over a year since Java 6 was released? Thanks.

I use the open-jdk6. Development has been slowly pushing over to java 6 support. If you run into problems just change the 1./5's to 1./6 in the file it complains about

[ladodger1717]

Alright, So I spent all last night switching over to a 64-bit version of Ubuntu and trying to get back to where I was. One thing I am curious about........The android open source project site says that Java 6 is not supported for getting the source. Does this still hold true? Hasn't it been over a year since Java 6 was released? Thanks.

I use the open-jdk6. Development has been slowly pushing over to java 6 support. If you run into problems just change the 1./5's to 1./6 in the file it complains about

Sounds good. Thanks for your help!

[eagle1967]

Alright, So I spent all last night switching over to a 64-bit version of Ubuntu and trying to get back to where I was. One thing I am curious about........The android open source project site says that Java 6 is not supported for getting the source. Does this still hold true? Hasn't it been over a year since Java 6 was released? Thanks.

That was old we have actually been building froyo on java 6 for quite a while.
but gingerbread requires a 64 bit system as well as java 6 it will not build with java 5 any longer. may be a way to mod around this as we did with java 6 for froyo but i doubt it , if you look in the build at envsetup.sh for gingerbread youll see its setup to build with java 6.

hope this helps

[ladodger1717]

Thanks. that makes everything a little more clear. I am now using Java 6 and it seems to be working fine. Thank you.