Cordova and PhoneGap Quick Start on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise
The Tutorial shows you How to Install and Getting-Started with Apache Cordova and Adobe PhoneGap Cross-Platform Mobile Development on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin LTS i386/amd64 Linux.
First, Apache Cordova is an Open-Source Mobile Development Framework that allows you to use Standard Web Technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript for Cross-Platform Development, avoiding each Mobile Platforms Native Development Language.
Then Adobe PhoneGap is an Open-Source Framework for Building Cross-Platform Native Applications using Standard Web Technologies such as HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and JavaScript.
The Guide Describe a System-Wide Setup, for a Local One you should Simply Adapt the Installation Target.
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Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).Ctrl+Alt+T
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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How to Install the Latest Node.js on Ubuntu Linux
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Installing Required Git.
Copysudo apt-get install git
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
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Installing Latest Cordova with CLI by Npm.
Copycd
Copysudo npm install -g cordova
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Testing Cordova Installation.
Copycordova
You should See the Cordova Help Notice…
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How to Install Adobe PhoneGap for Ubuntu.
Here Install PhoneGap on UbuntuHow to Getting-Started with Adobe PhoneGap on Ubuntu GNU/Linux Distribution