tips for android source code getting

Ubuntu8.10

1. install prerequiries:

sudo apt-get install flex bison gperf libsdl-dev libesd0-dev libwxgtk2.6-dev build-essential python valgrind curl git zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev

2. refer to google source web: source.android.com

Installing Repo

Repo is a tool that makes it easier to work with Git in the context of Android. For more information about Repo, see Using Repo and Git
.
To install, initialize, and configure Repo, follow these steps:

Make sure you have a ~/bin
directory in your home directory, and check to be sure that this bin directory is in your path:

$ cd
~

$ mkdir bin

$ echo $PATH

Download the repo
script and make sure it is executable:

$ curl http://android.git.kernel.org/repo >~/bin/repo

$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

Initializing a Repo client

Create an empty directory to hold your working files:

$ mkdir mydroid

$ cd mydroid

Run repo init
to bring down the latest version of Repo with all its most recent bug fixes. You must specify a URL for the manifest:

$ repo init
-u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git

If you would like to check out a branch other than "master", specify it with -b, like:

$ repo init
-u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git -b cupcake

When
prompted, configure Repo with your real name and email address. If you
plan to submit code, use an email address that is associated with a Google account
.

A successful initialization will end with a message such as

repo
initialized in /mydroid

Your client directory should now contain a .repo
directory where files such as the manifest will be kept.

Building the code

To build the files, run make
from within your working directory:

$ cd ~/mydroid

$ make

If your build fails, complaining about a missing
"run-java-tool", try setting the ANDROID_JAVA_HOME env var to
$JAVA_HOME before making. E.g.,

$ export ANDROID_JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME