Build compile environment for gingerbread on Ubuntu1104

Since the latest version of android is 3.0 and above, it is quiet necessary for us to set up a building enviroment for gingerbread and above.

1 install the operation system. 

(remember if you want to compile honeycomb with ubuntu 11.04, you will meet a system bug with the error below:

n file included from external/qemu/target-i386/kvm.c:19:
/usr/include/linux/kvm.h:215: error: field 'arch' has incomplete type
/usr/include/linux/kvm.h:383: error: field 'arch' has incomplete type
make: *** [out/host/linux-x86/obj/STATIC_LIBRARIES/emulator-target-i386_intermediates/target-i386/kvm.o] 错误 1

the solution is as this blog:

http://www.blogjava.net/jayslong/archive/2011/05/12/fix_the_problem_that_android_source_code_wont_compile_in_ubuntu_11_04.html

看来这个问题是只有在用 Ubuntu 11.04 版本编译的时候才会出现的问题,
幸好有好心人做了个补丁解决了这个问题.
只要在下载源码的目录下执行下面这句,然后再make就不会再出现这个错误了:

repo download platform/external/qemu 22776/1 

but i didn't try it.

)

Downloaded Ubuntu 11.04 32-bit iso, from  http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download.

Install it. I don't think there is any necessary to say something about this procedure. But if you install it with a wmware tool, remember , try give more wm disk for you virtual system.

2 install the necessary building tools  for the ubuntu.

Use the default sourcelist and run "apt-get update".

run the fellowing command to install the packages:

(some packages are already installed on the ubuntu1104 , as marked below)

sudo apt-get install python (no necessary)
sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev
sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg
sudo apt-get install flex bison gperf libsdl-dev libesd0-dev(no necessary) libwxgtk2.6-dev build-essential(not necessary) zip(not necessary) curl
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

if we use the default sources.list, the java6 can't be found, we need change the sourcelist.

edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list, find the two lines, remove the comment

"#deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner   

#deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner"

to

"deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner   

deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner"

then, apt-get update, apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

3 after that, for your better use of the system , you'd better install such tools

ssh,samba,subversion,use the command below

apt-get install ssh

apt-get install samba (for windows share, if it doesn't work well, try use "apt-get install samba-common" as additional)

apt-get install samba-common-bin(necessry for ubuntu 10.10)

apt-get subversion

4 download the source code of gingerbread

use curl download the repo tools

curl  http://android.git.kernel.org/repo   > /bin/repo

chmod a+x /bin/repo

setting the branch of repo

enter your project direction and down

cd /opt/gingerbread

repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git -b gingerbread

repo sync

wait for the downloading, it may need quiet a long time if your network status is no good.

5 compile the sourcecode

cd /opt/gingerbread/build
. envsetup

cd /opt/gingerbread

make

the go to sleep, leave the things to the cpu.