Here is a quick guide on installing a development environment (using the Eclipse IDE) for Android applications on Ubuntu 9.10.

1. Open the Synaptic package manager and install the sun-java6-jdk and the eclipse package (and of-course accept the depending packages).

2. Verify that you have a working java enviroment by running java --version in a terminal.

3. Download the lasted version of the Android SDK at android.com (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html).

4. Unpack the SDK file to your home directory (or somewhere else – its your choice)

5. Open the newly installed Eclipse IDE.

6. In Eclipse goto the Help menu and select the Install New Software

7. Click Add and create a site with…

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