Short manual how to prepare Linux Ubuntu 14.04 environment to be able to compile Android Kitkat 4.4.4
Assumption:
The tutorial is dedicated to Linux users
As an example The BeagleBoneBlack Android build instruction taken from
https://github.com/csimmonds/android4beagle
Host Machine Hardware Configuration
100GByte free diskspace
8 or better 16 GByte of Ram
At least 4 thread CPU (performance reason)
1. Create directory for Android build purpose
mkdir a4b_4.4.4
2. Go to created folder
cd a4b_4.4.4
3. Java preparation
download java from
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase6-419409.html
When download complete perform a following steps
chmod +x jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin
./jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin
sudo mkdir /usr/lib/jvm
sudo mv jdk1.6.0_45 /usr/lib/jvm/
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/javac 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/java 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/javaws 1
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
sudo update-alternatives --config java
sudo update-alternatives --config javaws
ls -la /etc/alternatives/java*
Note: Due to some problems with ‘jar’ during compilation it is necessary to update the PATH by
sudo gedit /etc/environment
and append at the end of path the path to java directly
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_45/bin"
Reboot system afert above and finnaly check which version is active
java -version
should be
java version “1.6.0_45”
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_45-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.45-b01, mixed mode)
4. Download necessary Ubuntu packages
sudo apt-get install gperf git repo bison u-boot-tools
5. Get the source code
repo init -u https://github.com/csimmonds/android4beagle -b android-4.4.4_r2
repo sync -c
6. Initialize environment
source build/envsetup.sh
7. Choose target
lunch
and select 9 or 10 option
8. Start compilation
./build-beagleboneblack.sh
Note: When first time run it is necessary to copy latest repo and assign name, email for git
