Installing on Ubuntu Linux
Prerequisites
Install Java JDK, NodeJS, npm & Ant
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk nodejs npm ant
The binary when you install nodejs from the Ubuntu packages is /usr/bin/nodejs. However the PhoneGap scripts expect it to be /usr/bin/node. To correct this make a symlink so that we have bot nodejs and node
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
Install Android SDK, and add the to the path the tools and platform-tools directory from the SDK.
I usually install the Android ADT-Bundle - this includes everything you will need including the SDK
The best way to add the SDK to your path is to place the following in your .profile. Editing the first line to the location that the SDK is installed in.
I usually leave the first line as it is, and use a symlink to the location. That way I can change SDK,and just change the symlink
ANDROID_HOME=${HOME}/adt-bundle-linux/sdk
if [ -d "${ANDROID_HOME}/tools" ] ; then
export PATH="${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/tools"
fi
if [ -d "${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools" ] ; then
export PATH="${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools"
fi
NOTE: if you used the ADT Bundle, the SDK is in a directory under the location you extracted the files. (See ANDROID_HOME on line one above)
make sure that you can run
android, (It's in the sdk/tools directory) and then make sure that the latest platform and tools are downloaded
For PhoneGap 3.3 you will need at least the 2013-10-30 SDK/ADT and you will need to have run
android to download the tools and API 19 components
NOTE: You may need to manually start
SDK Manager from the SDK directory
NOTE: You will also have to run
AVD Manager.exe to define the emulated devices, or you can connect a real android phone if you have one
Install PhoneGap
$ sudo npm install -g phonegap@3.4
Install Codova (If required)
$ sudo npm install -g cordova
Install Less
$ sudo npm install -g less
Install Grunt
$ sudo npm install -g grunt-cli
Create your first App
$ cd ~/my-app-dir
$ phonegap create my-app
Buikd and Run the App
$ phonegap run android # Build and Run
$ phonegap build android # Build ONLY
Installing on Windows 7
Prerequisites
Oracle Java JDK
Download and Install the Oracle Java JDK :
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/ This should set all the appropriate environment variables and update your path
NOTE: make sure that you select the JDK and not the JRE. We will need the JDK so that PhoneGap can compile some Java.
Make sure that you also set JAVA_HOME to the location of the JDK not the JRE
e.g: JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_51
NodeJS
Download and Install NodeJS and npm from:
http://nodejs.org/
When you install NodeJS on windows it will also install npm (nodejs package manager).
Apache Ant
Download Apache Ant:
http://ant.apache.org/
Extract to an appropriate directory (I used my home directory)
Create the environment variable ANT_HOME and set it to the location you used for Ant.
Add
%ANT_HOME%/bin to your PATH.
Extract to an appropriate directory( I used my hone directory)
Create the Environment Variable ANDROID_HOME and set to the location you extracted the SDK
NOTE: if you used the ADT Bundle, the SDK is in a directory under the location you extracted the files.
Add %ANDROID_HOME%/platform-tools and %ANDROID_HOME%/tools to your PATH
make sure that you can run android, (It's in the sdk\tools directory) and then make sure that the latest platform and tools are downloaded
For PhoneGap 3.3 you will need at least the 2013-10-30 SDK/ADT and you will need to have run android.bat to download the tools and API 19 components
NOTE: You may need to manually start SDK Manager.exe from the SDK directory
NOTE: You will also have to run AVD Manager.exe to define the emulated devices, or you can connect a real android phone if you have one
Install PhoneGap
C:\Users\cmartin> npm install -g phonegap
Create your first App
C:\Users\cmartin phonegap create my-app
Run the App
C:\Users\cmartin>$ cd my-app
C:\Users\cmartin\my-app> phonegap run android