[Android Software Development] bloodychaos:
I've been searching around the forums,the stickies and Google on how to install ADB in Ubuntu from scratch but I wasn't able to get a guide anywhere. What I found mostly are for Windows or little bits and pieces of info which did not cover the whole thing. Which is when I decided to grab some Tab and Mountain Dew, and Google my way through to make it work and share it to those who had trouble or no idea how to install it on Ubuntu.

When I'm writing this, I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 64bit to install and run everything. I will update the guide periodically for updates and other things. There was mentions of using Eclipse SDK while searching around, but I won't be touching on that. There's another guide for it at the end of my guide. I have yet to encounter any problems while using ADB in 64bit environment. I've tested it out on the 32bit platform as well and it works. It'll also work on SD and NAND versions of Android for the HD2, since it's my main phone. Also, this is my first time making a guide, so bear with me if there's any mistakes. I've checked the article a few times hoping that it's clear and easy to understand. From

Steps 1 to 4 and Steps 6 and 7, there's no differences in installation instructions for Ubuntu 11.04. You do have to take special note in Step 5 and the key difference of ADB working for your device in Ubuntu 11.04 is found here.

For

Ubuntu 11.10

, you can see the guide here. Credit goes to loveubuntu for making it.

Step 1. Install JDK

You'll need to install JDK for ADB to work. If you have already installed JDK, I recommend reinstalling it again, just in case there are new updates or you have the older version.

In Terminal, do the following

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sun-java-community-team/sun-java6

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jdk

Edit: If you're getting a "404 Not Found" when trying to install java in Ubuntu 11.04, this link here will give you a quick fix.

Edit: If you want or need to use Eclipse, here's a simple installation command

$ sudo apt-get install eclipse ruby rubygems ruby-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev openjdk-6-jdk ant git

$ sudo gem install nokogiri

Step 2. Download and Install Android SDK

Download the Android SDK. Obviously, choose the one for linux (android-sdk_rXX-linux_86.tgz), where "rXX" is the latest version.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Extract the android-sdk-linux_x86 folder from android-sdk_rXX-linux_x86.tgz. Just double click the tgz file, and drag-n-drop the that lone folder to your desired location. In my case, I extracted the files to my Home Folder, which I highly recommend. I'll also advice to not renaming the folder.

Step 3. Choose packages to install

In Terminal, type the following -

$ cd ~/android-sdk-linux_x86/tools

$ ./android update sdk

The 'Android SDK and AVD Manager' window will appear (screencap below). You can choose to accept all of them or just install all except for Android 1.5 and 1.6. Once installation is finished, it will prompt you to restart the manager. Just click 'Yes' and close the manager

Step 4. Check your device's permission

Now head over to the platform-tools directory

$ cd ~/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools

Check if you have permission for your device

$ ./adb devices

If you're getting the following, go on to

Step 5.

List of devices attached
????????????	no permissions

If you're getting something like this or other random numbers with the word device next to it, congrats! You now could use ADB. Now go on to

Step 7.

List of devices attached
0123456789ABCDEF	device

Step 5. Giving permission to your device

You'll need to create a certain udev rule. First off type the following in Terminal:

$ sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/99-android.rules

For those using Ubuntu 10.10, use the following! For Ubuntu 11.04 users, please scroll down a little for 11.04 guide.

Ubuntu 10.10

Once the gedit window pops-up, type the following line.

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="####", SYMLINK+="android_adb", MODE="0666" GROUP="plugdev"

Take note

of

ATTRS{idVendor}=="####"

. Replace #### to the correct Vendor ID of your device. If you're using Acer, then it's 0502, for HTC it's 0bb4. ADB might not be able to detect your device if you use the wrong ID. Here's a list of each vendor's ID. Source: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html

Manufacturer	USB Vendor ID
Acer	-0502
Dell	-413c
Foxconn	-0489
Garmin-Asus	-091E
HTC	-0bb4
Huawei	-12d1
Kyocera	-0482
LG	-1004
Motorola	-22b8
Nvidia	-0955
Pantech	-10A9
Samsung	-04e8
Sharp	-04dd
Sony Ericsson	-0fce
ZTE	-19D2

Save the file and exit out of gedit. Back in Terminal execute the following

$ sudo chmod a+rx /etc/udev/rules.d/99-android.rules

$ sudo restart udev

For Ubuntu 11.04. Special thanks to mmdl1001 for figuring this one out! Would've posted it earlier Ubuntu 11.04 was a little nasty on my PC for me to test it out. VMWare saved me though...

For Ubuntu 11.04 users, you'll need an 8 digit number, which is slightly different from Ubuntu 10.10. Copy and paste the following code in the 99-android.rules file you created

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="####:####", SYMLINK+="android_adb", MODE="0666" GROUP="plugdev"
TEST=="/var/run/ConsoleKit/database", \
RUN+="udev-acl --action=$env{action} --device=$env{DEVNAME}"

Next, you'll need to find the digits to replace "####:####' above. In terminal type

$ lsusb

You should be getting a list like so. Note that what is generated in your PC will be much different from mine below!

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c019 Logitech, Inc. Optical Tilt Wheel Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 22b8:2d66 Motorola PCS

Look for your device. It's easily identifiable via its brand ;). In this case, "Bus 001 Device 007: ID 22b8:2d66 Motorola PCS" is for my device. Copy the ID numbers,

22b8:2d66

for my case, and replace the ####:#### in the 99-android.rules file. Save the file and close gedit and execute the following in Terminal.

$ sudo service udev restart

Now to check if it works

$ ./adb devices

You should be getting the following line or something similar.

List of devices attached
0123456789ABCDEF	device

Congrats! Now you can use ADB in Ubuntu! Now hop on to Step 6!

If that fails and still give you "????????????	no permissions", try restarting the adb server. That should do the trick. If that still doesn't work, check the file, 99-android.rules, that you created earlier. Most likely you have put in the wrong Vendor ID.

$ sudo adb kill-server

$ sudo nohup adb start-server

Step 6. Now to have fun!

Head down to Captainkrtek's ADB Workshop and Guide for everyone to learn how to use ADB. Take note that while using adb in Linux, you'll need to type ./adb to execute adb unless you create a path in bashrc. Go to Step 7 for that . For now, here are some examples on running adb if you don't create a path.

To get into the phone

kay@millelune-~/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools:~$ ./adb shell

To grab files from phone

kay@millelune-~/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools:~$ ./adb pull /system/etc/file.txt file.txt

To send file to phone

kay@millelune-~/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools:~$ ./adb push this.txt /sdcard/this.txt

Also, do take note that when you pull a file, it will save itself in your android-sdk-linux_86 folder if no destination folder was given.

Step 7. Create path for ADB

$ sudo gedit ~/.bashrc

Add the following line at the very end of the file. Once you're done, save and exit.

# Android tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk-linux_x86/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools

Now you can just run adb like it's a command.

Edit: Okay, for some odd reason, while the above worked for my desktop, it failed when I tried it on my notebook. If you tried to create a path but it failed, here's an alternative method

$ gedit ~/.profile

Once the gedit window pops up, scroll down to the very bottom of the file and add this line

[...]
PATH="$HOME/android-sdk-linux_x86/tools:$HOME/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools:$PATH"

Once you've saved and closed gedit, run the following command in Terminal

export PATH="$HOME/android-sdk-linux_x86/tools:$HOME/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools:$PATH"

And that's about it. Feel free to comment, give suggestions or ask questions if you're still unsure.

Also for more in-depth guide, try HowtoForge. Just found this guide today and I find it VERY useful and even have a good guide on Eclipse.