Installing Android NDK on Linux Mint 17 Qiana
You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Getting-Started with the Android Native Development Kit on Linux Mint 17 Qiana LTS i386/amd64 Mate/Cinnamon/Kde/Xfce Desktop.
The Android NDK is a Toolset that allows you to implement parts of your app using native-code languages such as C and C++.
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The Android NDK Installation for Linux Mint 17 Qiana Require also the Android SDK so You will Find also Link to Download the Needed Android SDK for Mint Linux.

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Open Terminal Window
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Download Android Native Development Kit for Linux
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Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp.
Or from Command Line:tar xvf android-ndk*.tar.bz2 -C /tmp
Relocate Android NDK Folder
sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/android-ndk*
sudo mv /tmp/android-ndk* /opt
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
Set Up ANDROID_NDK Environment Variable
nano ~/.bashrc
Example Append (Following your NDK Installation Location):
exportANDROID_NDK=/opt/android-ndk* export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_NDK
Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor.
Install Required Android SDK Tools Only for Mint:
Set Up ANDROID_SDK Environment Variable
nano ~/.bashrc
Example Append (Following your SDK Installation Location):
exportANDROID_SDK=/opt/android-sdk-linux export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_SDK/tools:$ANDROID_SDK/platform-tools
Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor.
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Set Up JDK_PATH Environment Variable
nano ~/.bashrc
Example Append (Following your JDK Installation Location):
export JDK_PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.[X]*/bin export PATH=$PATH:$JDK_PATH
Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor.
Load New Environment Variables:
bash
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