Help Installing SDK

**Synergy** · 02-28-2009, 12:25 AM

Hey,
I hope to get a G1 this weekend and I'm looking forward to learning how to program software for it.

I am having some trouble installing the SDK. I downloaded Eclipse and unzipped it. However, there is no install program. There is software there and I can run it, but it doesn't get installed? Is that the way it is supposed to be?

Also, i can't figure out this part:
On Windows, right click on My Computer, and select Properties. Under the Advanced tab, hit the Environment Variables button, and in the dialog that comes up, double-click on Path under System Variables. Add the full path to the tools/ directory to the path

Where do I find "my computer". I'm using windows vista and all I can find is "computer". I know I see pretty computer inept right now, but trust me, i'm not. I just can't figure this out...

**Scythe** · 02-28-2009, 12:42 AM

Eclipse is a Java application, compiled to run as an .exe (or bin for us Linux people) -- which also includes it's own JDK. So, all you need to do is extract the zip file to your directory of choice, and run the eclipse exe. It'll start up, set a workspace (a place where all your projects will be saved/stored), and then follow the android SDK setup like normal.

Basically, it has no installer because it doesn't need one with how it's packaged

Oh, and install the latest Java 6 Sun JDK. I believe that's covered in the android SDK tutorial, but that needs to be done for your app to run in the emulator or on the phone.

**Scythe** · 02-28-2009, 12:53 AM

As for the My Computer bit, I believe in Vista it's simply called "Computer" in the start-menu. Right click on the icon and go to properties.

**Synergy** · 02-28-2009, 09:33 AM

Thanks for your help, but I've got stuck again. Sorry

I have gotten into the folders and gotten to path like it says

"Under the Advanced tab, hit the Environment Variables button, and in the dialog that comes up, double-click on Path under System Variables. Add the full path to the tools/ directory to the path"

When I double click path, a little box with its name and this

"%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\S ystem32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\"

comes up. Do I need to erase that and put this

"C:\Program Files\eclipse-java-ganymede-SR2-win32\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r2\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r2\tools"

in its place or do I have to hit the new button and make a new path. I wish the directions were a little more clear...