[HOW-TO] Set up SDK/ADB on Ubuntu 11.10 | 32 & 64 bits - Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet

Video-Tutorial:
http://bit.ly/HzzmUn​
Step 1. Install JDK
Open Terminal and enter the following command(s), then enter your ubuntu login password followed by ‘y’ when prompted for yes/no.
Code:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk
Step 2. Install 32 bit libraries - Only for 64 bit users
On x64 systems you are required to install some 32-bit libraries or the android toolkit will not work. In a terminal write:
Code:
$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Step 3. Download and Install Android SDK
Download the Android SDK. Choose the one for linux: android-sdk_r16-linux.tgz
Extract android-sdk_r16-linux.tgz and put the folder in your desired location. I recommend to put it under home/username/ | When using the terminal the same path is described as ~/
Step 4. Choose packages to install
First of all go to ~/android-sdk-linux/tools/
Right clic to android >> Properties >> Permissions
Make sure "allow executing file as a program" it's checked
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Once done close that window and doble click on the Android file, select Run in Terminal.
Download the tools as shown in the following picture:
Step 5. Check your device's permission
Now head over to the platform-tools directory
Code:
$ cd ~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools
Check if you have permission for your device
Code:
$ ./adb devices
If you're getting the following, go on to Step 6.
Code:
List of devices attached
OR
List of devices attached
???????????? no permissions
If you're getting something like shown below or other random numbers with the word device next to it, congrats! You can now use ADB. Now go on to Step 7.
Code:
List of devices attached
0123456789ABCDEF device
Step 6. Adding USB Vendor ID of your device
Open HOME folder and enable Show Hidden Files:
Open .android folder >> right click >> Create New Document >> Empty Document, name it adb_usb.ini and open it. Put the following on it:
Save & close the window
Then unplug your NT and plug it again (From the NT usb port, not PC). Now to check if it works...
Code:
$ ./adb devices
You should be getting something similar to the following line:
Code:
List of devices attached
0123456789ABCDEF device
Congrats! Now you can use ADB in Ubuntu! Now hop on to Step 7!
Step 7. Create path for ADB
NOTE: while using adb on Linux you'll need to type ./adb to execute adb commands unless you create a path in ~/.bashrc. In a terminal write:
Code:
$ sudo gedit ~/.bashrc
Add the following line at the very end of the file. Once you're done, save and exit.
Code:
# Android tools
export PATH=~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools:~/android-sdk-linux/tools:$PATH
Then in a Terminal run this command to reload your .bashrc:
Code:
source ~/.bashrc
Now you can just run adb without put ./ before every command.
~ Veronica

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great
thank you very much!!!

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Can this help with porting and building from source
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Anon9mouz said:
Can this help with porting and building from source
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this helps partly it just gives you the basics to make adb work but if you want to develop then you will need other tools, to setup ubuntu for development/theming then use this script.
~ Veronica

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lavero.burgos said:
this helps partly it just gives you the basics to make adb work but if you want to develop then you will need other tools, to setup ubuntu for development/theming then use this script.
~ Veronica
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O ok thanks ill check it out
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Update april/10
Added Video-Tutorial
~ Veronica

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Followed your video tutorial, but ubuntu adb still doesn`t see my device, while at the very same time it perfectly works under windows. The only step i missed is step 2, terminal is saying ia32-libs no candidate for installation(translating from russian, might be smth different)
PS: USB debugging is enabled in my nook settings dev

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Devol said:
Followed your video tutorial, but ubuntu adb still doesn`t see my device, while at the very same time it perfectly works under windows. The only step i missed is step 2, terminal is saying ia32-libs no candidate for installation(translating from russian, might be smth different)
PS: USB debugging is enabled in my nook settings dev
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cd to the folder where adb is located and type:
$ sudo ./adb devices
~ Veronica

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I followed your video, so i`ve tried sudo aswell...may be i can just go on with windows adb?
Actually i`ve tried it already, there are only 7 files for 8gb partitions, i`ve copied one of them to my 4th big sdcard partition, and tried to dd if...bla bla bla... = writes error: no space left on device

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Devol said:
I followed your video, so i`ve tried sudo aswell...may be i can just go on with windows adb?
Actually i`ve tried it already, there are only 7 files for 8gb partitions, i`ve copied one of them to my 4th big sdcard partition, and tried to dd if...bla bla bla... = writes error: no space left on device
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hmm did you mount /sdcard in CWM? the cwm recovery by @meghd00t works now for 8GB NT... anyways that's ok you can copy it to /data instead of sdcard go one by one, i don't know what exactly you have done to your device but i recommend to just use the necessary partitions.
~ Veronica

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No, i`m booting of cm7 sd card, used a file manager to go to internal emmc, looks like alot of files there...most 0kb, my mmc0p7 is in dev\block, but not copied fully, only around 208mb(full size is 300mb somthing)...file manager doesn`t allow to delete anything...

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Devol said:
No, i`m booting of cm7 sd card, used a file manager to go to internal emmc, looks like alot of files there...most 0kb, my mmc0p7 is in dev\block, but not copied fully, only around 208mb(full size is 300mb somthing)...file manager doesn`t allow to delete anything...
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no, you can't copy from a file manager the partition images neither remove them for security it is why you use dd from CWM to copy the partition images while non of them are IN USE!!!
advice don't be playing around with the partition table, please use @meghd00t recovery he has posted zip with all you need. Boot into CWM from sdcard run the commands.
PS: we're going offtopic in this thread
~ Veronica

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Nope, it(meghd00t Repartition, Reformat, Restore and Rescue SDcard) also stops at 25% while restoring factory defaults at the last step...(
Ok, my actions that lead to this situation: rooted nook with sd card method for 8gb, installed recovery flasher apk, flashed cwm, followed steps(wiping data, daviks - here it hang up, then rebooted, after that tried flashing cm7 which was a big mistake, wish guys had a word in the topic that it`s not meant for 8gb...and the result is i cant boot from internal mem, only sd. btw, cwm acted strangly, it could hang on all of a sudden, or work for a while, cwm was internally installed, now i`ve removed it)
If we are offtoping, lets move to some other thread...
PS: for some reason nook doesn`t boot from cwm sd(cable plugged, part active fat32)...basicly it will boot only from cm7 rom and meghd00t recovery images.

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@Devol i replied to you here
~ Veronica

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Great Work!
Thanks a lots for such a detailed guide.

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You can also drop the adb and fastboot binaries into /usr/bin and use both commands without needing to CD to the /tools folder in the SDK. Just don't forget to change the permissions.

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cant get past the checking phone permission stage! keeps saying no permissions. if it helps any, im using ubuntu 12.04. im gonna reboot and try in windows. is there any benefit to using adb in linux over windows anyway?

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ridleyj329 said:
cant get past the checking phone permission stage! keeps saying no permissions. if it helps any, im using ubuntu 12.04. im gonna reboot and try in windows. is there any benefit to using adb in linux over windows anyway?
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For when you hard brick your device your device yes, you need linux and adb working or for those like me that prefer to use linux over windows daily.
~ Veronica

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A little off topic but awesome. Any one know how to switch between java 6 and 7 on ubuntu? I need 7 for minecraft and 6 for android sdk. Im on 12.04.
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Thanks alot just got this working on ubuntu 12.04 with no issues. Just make sure you complete a:
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist upgrade prior to any of the steps