[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] Edge-Case:
After much frustration with getting things to work on Ubuntu, I switched back to Kali Linux and attempted the same procedure described here ... http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_d2spr ... as well as for Ubuntu here ...http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html .... When a step for Ubuntu 10 didn't work I tried the Ubuntu 11 or 12 approach and something always went through regarding setting up the build environment.

***Update-3: Sat Nov 9, 9:59 AM 2013 (Building CM_10.2 : Android_4.3 in progress as of 10:33 AM)***​

Well I screwed up my Linux installation last night trying to put my /usr dir on a seperate partition and some file permission issues broke out with sudo, though everyone suggest 04755, thats what it was at. Kinda trippy, anyways so I found myself having to go through these steps again which gave me a chance to update this:good:...

***These are the packages I installed***​

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sudo apt-get install git git-core gnupg flex bison gperf \
build-essential zip curl lib32ncurses5-dev libc6-dev libgl1-mesa-dev \
lib32readline-gplv2-dev g++-multilib gcc-multilib mingw32 tofrodos \
python-markdown lib32z1-dev libxml2-utils xsltproc \
libesd0-dev libsdl1.2-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev lzop \
pngcrush schedtool squashfs-tools

The next thing you need to do after getting the build packages to install^^^ is install sun-java6-jdk which you can do following the "kind-of" instructions below regarding debian packages, unixodbc es la pinche problema, (If you see anything I am missing please please inform me).

or

You can install the *.bin file/s from Oracle here http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/j...ds/java-archive-downloads-javase6-419409.html and follow their instructions for getting it installed.

***Notes on sun-java6-jdk debian packages***​

I just finished installig sun-java6-jdk and it's dependencies, I downloaded the packages from here ... http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/sun-java6-bin ... all packages were installed using 'sudo dpkg -i [./the/package/was/a.deb]' . For 'unixodbc' I used the dpkg but got an error and ended up using 'sudo apt-get install unixodbc', but that gave a warning about breaking and needing to remove other packages, I did not do that. Then 'sudo apt-get -f install' because it asked me to unless there was another solution. Becarefull and you should be fine. Due to not installing the packages in a specific order I had a run around of a time doing this but it was not too bad, plan ahead and it will be easier. [Note- Makes sure you get all the packages, ie the *-common, *-bin, *-jre, *-jdk etc, etc ]

***Update-3:Continued***​

Once you have your new jdk installed don't forget to update alternatives, the alternative manager is basically a really useful tool for keeping track of links in your $PATH to different program versions, for instance if you have two versions of Java, then one will be linked to /usr/bin/java and that link points to the executable with a particular version usually maintained by the "alternatives" program. When you update this 'alternative' java version what you are doing is changing the link /usr/bin/java to point to the executable installed by the sun-java6-jdk package instead of the open-java6-jdk executable. I also like to repoint Eclipse to use sun-java6-jdk as well just to keep it all the same. You can update Eclipse's JDK location from within Eclipse, but I won't go into that here. If you installed java6 with the debian packages as I did, then your sun-java6-jdk installation should be located in "/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.26". If its not there, try issuing this command...

dpkg -L sun-java6-jdk

...the output may be long, but it will tell you where everything got installed to, you can replace the package name with any other package whenever you need to know where all of it's files get installed, very useful.

Updating alternatives should look something like this depending on which version of the JDK you installed

sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.26/bin/java"

, so Google "how to update alternatives for java" or something like that, I might be forgeting something, I have just been trying **** out till it works. You can varify that indeed you are using the correct java executable by issuing the following command...

[COLOR="Red"]edge-case@HIVE-PC-01[/COLOR][COLOR="Navy"]:~/cyandekali/system$[/COLOR] java -version
java version "1.6.0_26"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_26-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.1-b02, mixed mode)
[COLOR="Red"]edge-case@HIVE-PC-01[/COLOR][COLOR="Navy"]:~/cyandekali/system$[/COLOR]

p.s. If thats not the correct output, please let me know.

While your checking version numbers, go ahead and check Git, Python, and Make.

from http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html

Checking the versions should look something like this...

[COLOR="Red"]edge-case@HIVE-PC-01[/COLOR][COLOR="Navy"]:~/cyandekali/system$ [/COLOR]python --version
Python 2.7.3
[COLOR="Red"]edge-case@HIVE-PC-01[/COLOR][COLOR="Navy"]:~/cyandekali/system$[/COLOR] make --version
GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

This program built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
[COLOR="Red"]edge-case@HIVE-PC-01[/COLOR][COLOR="Navy"]:~/cyandekali/system$[/COLOR] git --version
git version 1.7.10.4
[COLOR="Red"]edge-case@HIVE-PC-01[/COLOR][COLOR="Navy"]:~/cyandekali/system$[/COLOR]

***Notes on Android SDK***​

The Android SDK should already be installed on Kali Linux or at least is when I install using a mirror to get extra packages. All you have to do is this, (I never build as root so you should create another user before doing building.):

echo "" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "#OURCHANGES" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export ANDROID_SDK=\"/usr/share/android-sdk\"" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export PATH=\"\${PATH}:\${ANDROID_SDK}:\${ANDROID_SDK}/tools:\${ANDROID_SDK}/platform-tools\"" >> ~/.bashrc

and then "cat ~/.bashrc" to make sure the changes went as planed.

cat ~/.bashrc

then "source ~/.bashrc"

source ~/.bashrc

then "android" and the gui should pop up and you can install all the lates updates or older ones if you want.

android

Then execute "which adb" it should result in this output "/usr/share/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb"

which adb

***Notes on USB and ADB***​

Also, don't forget the USB rules for your device. I just used the sytax from source.android.com/source/initializing.html but make sure to add your username that you build with to the OWNER=<"some-user-name-here-is-important"> and I usually change 600 to 666. Also, you don't need all the enteries, just the ones for the device you have you can find the idVendor and idProduct by using the command "lsusb" with your device plugged in, it will look like this.

[COLOR="Red"]edge-case@HIVE-PC-01[/COLOR][COLOR="Navy"]:~$[/COLOR] lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 003 Device 007: ID [COLOR="Red"]04e8:6860[/COLOR] Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II], GT-P7500 [Galaxy Tab 10.1]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0489:e04e Foxconn / Hon Hai
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1bcf:2c17 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.

What is in red above ^^^ are the {idVendor}:{idProduct}. I am not sure what to do with fastboot, I am still also learning.

The following is exactly as I have it in my "/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules" file...

[COLOR="Red"]edge-case@HIVE-PC-01[/COLOR][COLOR="Navy"]:~/cyandekali/system$[/COLOR] sudo cat /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
[sudo] password for edge-case:
# adb protocol on maguro/toro (Galaxy Nexus)
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="[COLOR="Red"]04e8[/COLOR]", ATTR{idProduct}=="[COLOR="Red"]6860[/COLOR]", MODE="0666", OWNER="<edge-case>"
# fastboot protocol on maguro/toro (Galaxy Nexus)
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTR{idProduct}=="4e30", MODE="0666", OWNER="<edge-case>"

Once you have your build enviroment set up you can build CyanogenMod for your device by initializing repo to your chosen repository and then sync'ing it up, most ROMs have their own little tweaks and optimizations so the guide can branch off into many directions at this point. (as far as I know it should work with most if not any other ROM, it worked with ReVolt). If you have any questions what so ever just ask, we all starte somewhere, and vise versa, if I need to be corrected anywhere please take the minute to post a reply, everyone will benifit from it.

And after a long day:

Package Complete: /home/edge-case/cyandekali/system/out/target/product/d2spr/cm-10.2-20131109-UNOFFICIAL-d2spr.zip

***The rest is history***​

Eventually I am going to modify this all so that Android and Kali will become one, I really really want to test my nfs server with my phone as a client :D

Edit/Update 1: I installed the .zip I built on Kali and it got stuck during boot or init, right before the spinning circle usually comes up. I will try again with sun-java6-jdk and libgeofence.so and report back.

Edit/Update 2: I initialized 'brunch d2spr' without the 'libgeofence.so', I have no idea how vital it is, I am assuming it is only needed for gps. If this fails to boot, then I will add the blob manually and test again.

A question I do have though. Should I be worried about "warning"'s? They come up every now and again it seems like they are C variables or something that get set to UCHAR or unsigned char and warnnings like that, are there any caveats I need to look out for?

The following is what I am refering to, how worried should I be about stuff like this, this build is missing libgeofence.so as stated.

external/webkit/Source/WebCore/platform/sql/SQLiteDatabase.cpp: In member function 'void WebCore::SQLiteDatabase::setSynchronous(WebCore::SQLiteDatabase::SynchronousPragma)':
external/webkit/Source/WebCore/platform/sql/SQLiteDatabase.cpp:229:75: warning: passing 'WebCore::SQLiteDatabase::SynchronousPragma' chooses 'int' over 'long unsigned int' [-Wsign-promo]
external/webkit/Source/WebCore/platform/sql/SQLiteDatabase.cpp:229:75: warning: in call to 'static WTF::String WTF::String::number(int)' [-Wsign-promo]
external/webkit/Source/WebCore/platform/sql/SQLiteDatabase.cpp:229:75: warning: passing 'WebCore::SQLiteDatabase::SynchronousPragma' chooses 'int' over 'long int' [-Wsign-promo]
external/webkit/Source/WebCore/platform/sql/SQLiteDatabase.cpp:229:75: warning: in call to 'static WTF::String WTF::String::number(int)' [-Wsign-promo]
external/webkit/Source/WebCore/platform/sql/SQLiteDatabase.cpp:229:75: warning: passing 'WebCore::SQLiteDatabase::SynchronousPragma' chooses 'int' over 'unsigned int' [-Wsign-promo]
external/webkit/Source/WebCore/platform/sql/SQLiteDatabase.cpp:229:75: warning: in call to 'static WTF::String WTF::String::number(int)' [-Wsign-promo]

In hindsight, the above ^^^ just meant it was working, just in case your wondering the same thing, if you see that kind of output after starting your build, you probably can go make some dinner or take a nap espescially if it's the first build, then you might want to go out to the movies or something, unless your like me and like trying to read stdout as it flys up the screen :good::good::cyclops:

I used Open-Java6-JDK and at the initialization of the 'brunch d2spr' command it complained about the Java Version but continued to build, I haven't installed the zip as I also on a rush built without 'libgeofence.so' or some such 'glob'.

Also, I am having trouble finding an official source to download 'libgeofence.so' , does anyone have a link they can point me to?

I did get this one but I have no idea about it's trust worthyness....http://downloads.codefi.re/houstonn/lgog_pro/unzipped/lib/libgeofence.so