How to Install Android NDK on Linux Mint 17 Qiana LTS Step-by-Step Easy Guide

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++.

Android Development Require Oracle Java JDK 6+ so I have Included Link to How to Install Oracle JDK on Mint Linux.

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.

1. Open Terminal Window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

2. Download Android Native Development Kit for Linux

   Android NDK Linux 64-bit .zip

   Android Ndk.

3. Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp.

   
   Or from Command Line:

   tar xvf android-ndk*.tar.bz2 -C /tmp

4. 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

5. 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.

6. Install Required Android SDK Tools Only for Mint:

   Install Android SDK for Mint

   Setup Android SDK on Mint.

7. 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.

8. How to Install Recommended Oracle JDK on Linux Mint

   Install Oracle JDK for Linux Mint

   SetUp Oracle Jdk on GNU/Linux.

9. 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

10. Getting-Started with Android NDK on Eclipse

    Eclipse Android NDK Integration

    Eclipse Ndk Integration Mint Linux.

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