I’m running openSUSE 11.2 KDE 64 bit. I’d like to install everything required for the Android SDK. I don’t have any of it installed atm.
Can anyone recommend an existing how-to? All I find are Ubuntu-specific tutorials. I’ll need to install java, eclipse, and the Android SDK. I have not used/installed any of this before, so I’m looking for a detailed, step-by-step guide for openSUSE 11.2 KDE. Thanks for any suggestions.
To install Java (JDK) and eclipse:
su
zypper install java-1_6_0-sun
update-alternatives --config javac
zypper install eclipse-jdt
Now, download and install android.
Strictly speaking, eclipse is not needed unless you want to use that as the IDE.
Thank you. I believe I will also need 32-bit libs. I expect the command would be:
zypper install ia32-libs
The major problem I ran into when trying this on Ubuntu was getting the required version of eclipse (3.5+).
How close is this to being what I need?
zypper install eclipse-jdt \>= 3.5
(The backslash in the command has me a bit confused. Is it an escape char for the “>”?)
I want to do my homework on installing this before I actually try it.
Also, is is necessary to uninstall IcedTea and OpenJDK?
Even though I have not installed any java development tools manually, is it possible that some existing standard packages might conflict? (For example, on Ubuntu, I think IcedTea may be installed by default.)
Maybe a couple queries using Zypper would be wise before starting. Can you make a recommendation on this? For example, maybe this one:
zypper se java
What else would be recommended?
Once I actually complete the install, I’ll post back with my exact steps.
You can keep multiple vendor versions of JDK and switch between them too. The command
update-alternatives --config javac
is for that only.
Hi
I’ve just completed an installation of Android SDK / Eclipse 3.5.1 / OpenSUSE 11.2 64 bit. All seems to be working well. Instructions on how I did it can be found here:
Nick’s Morning Beat Blog: My perfect Android development environment #2
Hope this helps.