Hi Nathan, First of all, adding the tools folder to the path is optional. It will just allow you to run the command-line tools in that folder without having to "cd" there.
Files that start with a "." are hidden in Unix and Linux based operating systems. Bash is the shell that is used by many Unix and Linux distributions, including Mac OS X. I recommend you read: "Using the OS X Leopard Command Line" ( http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1144082&seqNum=1) <http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1144082&seqNum=1> and "Bash By Example" (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-bash.html) <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-bash.html> and get comfortable working with it. It will greatly enhance your powers. (And who doesn't want their power enhanced?) Also, you may want to do some googling for bash tutorials in Mac OS X in general. Unless you have a customized Finder, you will need to open the Terminal application in Applications/Utilities. You probably won't be able to see "dot-files" in the Finder. Once you have Terminal running, you'll have a 'bash' command line at your home folder I think. Once there, ls -a And see if there is a .bash_profile in your home folder. If there isn't: touch .bash_profile This will create a blank file if there is none. Then, open -e .bash_profile This will open it in TextEdit. Add the following line: export PATH=${PATH}:*<your_sdk_dir>*/tools Where <your_sdk_dir> is the full path to the android sdk folder (type carefully, remove < > brackets). For example, if the android folder is in the eclipse folder on your Desktop, it would be: export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/David/Desktop/eclipse/ android-sdk-mac_x86-1.0_r1/tools Save and quit. When you are ready to continue installing the android SDK, keep reading: http://code.google.com/android/intro/installing.html Cheers and may your powers be enhanced greatly, David On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:57 PM, nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello "Android Beginners" group, > > I would like to try and develop simple apps for android but I am > unfamiliar with terminal on macs (or any other shell system) I only > know simple commands like cd, ls and mkdir. Could someone please help > me with the command lines that I need to use to create a bash profile > like the installation guide @ code.google.com/android recommends I do? > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
