Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
You will also write two custom shell scripts that will save you a lot of headaches in the process of
compiling a hybrid game.
Getting the Android Source
To store the source, Google uses a software versioning tool dubbed Gittool (available from
http://git-scm.com/
). Depending on your Ubuntu version, you may need to install some required
packages to use it. To make sure everything is present, open a console and type the following
command (all on one line):
$ sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg
sun-java5-jdk flex bison gperf
libsdl-dev libesd0-dev libwxgtk2.6-dev
build-essential zip curl libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev
This command will install the required packages to run Git. It requires system administrator
(sysadmin) access.
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Tip
For more details on setting the Android source, see the Android Open Source Project at
http://source.android.com/download
.
You also need to install and configure a tool called
repo
, which is provided by Google to facilitate
working with Git. Create a folder called
bin
in your home directory and download
repo
:
$ cd ~
$ mkdir bin
$ curl http://android.git.kernel.org/repo >~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
Add the
bin
folder to your search path with the following command:
$ export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
Add this command to the file
$HOME/.bashrc
if you want to make it available every time you log in to
your system.
Next, create a folder called
mydroid
in your home directory to store the source, and then change to it:
$ mkdir mydroid
$ cd mydroid
Finally, download the code:
$ repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git
$ repo sync
