adb is in the platform-tools directory. Did you download the android platform tools through the sdk manager? It may not be there if you didn't. You need to add ~/Desktop/Android/platform-tools to your path also.
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 5:16 AM, Lucas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey folks! > > I have been very excited about the fact that one can make Android apps > using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Therefore I bought the following book: > "O'Reilly - Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript" by > Jonathan Stark. Since then I have been trying to get the AndroidSDK/PhoneGap > to work. I've been trying to do so for almost an entire week now. I did try > on a MacBook Pro with Mac OS X Lion, and right now I sit in front of a IBM > ThinkPad with openSUSE 11.4. *Both times I failed at exactly the point!*Why > is it so hard to make it work? I have been closely following Jonathan > Stark's directions... So here's what I did. > > 1. > > I downloaded the Android SDK (*android-sdk_r12-linux_x86.tgz***), > extracted it on my desktop, and renamed the folder - for simplicity's sake > - > to "Android". > 2. > > Then I opened up "Terminal" and navigated to the "tools" directory, > which is located within the "Android" folder: *cd > ~/Desktop/Android/tools*/ > 3. > > In order to start the "Android SDK and AVD Manager" I typed in the > following: *./android* > 4. > > The "Android SDK and AVD Manager" started properly and I successfully > installed the whole "Android Repository". I did not install "Third-party > Add-Ons". > 5. > > After quitting the "Android SDK and AVD Manager as well as "Terminal", > I downloaded Jonathan Stark's version of PhoneGap (* > jonathanstark-phonegap-android-0.9.0-79-ge6b114c.zip*) from > > https://github.com/**jonathanstark/phonegap-android<https://github.com/jonathanstark/phonegap-android> > **, extracted it on my desktop, and renamed the folder - for > simplicity's sake - to "PhoneGap". > 6. > > Next I tried to configure my PATH variable - whatever that is... > Neither on Mac nor on Linux the following command worked: *ls -l > ~/.bash_profile* Since there apparently was "no such file or > directory", I created one. I am totally new to Linux, therefore I did not > know how to create a file using "Terminal". So I navigated in my home > directory using "Dolphin", right-clicked "Create New" > "HTML File". I then > renamed this empty HTML file to ".bash_profile". It immediately became > invisible. > 7. > > However, now the file existed. At least I think that. I could now use > the following command to edit it using the "Nano-Editor", which was > pre-installed on Mac OS X (not so on openSUSE 11.4): *nano > ~/.bash_profile* > 8. > > I added the following line of code: *PATH=$PATH:~/Desktop/Android/ > tools:~/Desktop/PhoneGap/bin* > 9. > > I saved changes and quit everything. > > At this point, Stark tells the reader to run the following two commands in > a new "Terminal" - If they work, proceed, if not, get help. At first, I run > *android*. I opens up the "Android SDK and AVD Manager" once again. So far > so good. Next, I run *adb*. On Mac OS X simply nothing happened, on > openSUSE I get the following information: "If 'adb' is not a typo you can > use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this: cnf > adb". On Mac OS X, I simply ignored the fact that adb was not working, > therefore I had trouble later on. So this time, I want to do it right. If > you have any idea what I've been doing wrong - pleeaase, tell me! > > Thank you very much in advance! > > Lucas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
