Ubuntu – Can I install 64-bit Eclipse on 32-bit Ubuntu

1. Install Java Packages

• http://softwareinabottle.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/install-sun-jdk-6-on-ubuntu-11-10/

• http://thelinuxexperiment.com/guinea-pigs/tyler-b/how-to-install-sun-java6-jdk-and-netbeans-in-ubuntu-11-10/

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-plugin
  

2. Install ia32-libs

• http://android-eclipse.blogspot.com/2011/05/failed-to-get-adb-version-cannot-run.html

  sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
  

3. Select Correct Version of JVM using update-alternative

(install update-alternative with apt-get if necessary)

• http://android-eclipse.blogspot.com/2011/05/failed-to-get-adb-version-cannot-run.html

  sudo update-alternatives --config java
  

  then select the number for: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java

4. Install Eclipse

I installed this version as recommended by google:

• http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/indigo/R/eclipse-java-indigo-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz

  This is a guide for 64-bit Ubuntu, so make sure to get the 64-bit version

  Download, unzip, double-click eclipse file in root dir to launch

5. Install SDK Start Package

I just followed the Android docs here:

• http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html#Installing

6. Install Android Platforms

• http://bhargavg.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/installing-android-development-environment-on-ubuntu-11-10/

  Double click android-sdk-linux/tools/android

7. Install ADT Plugin

Follow steps for downloading and configuring:

• http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html#installing

8. Add these lines to bottom of .bashrc

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/8693384/1093087

  export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdks/platform-tools
  export ANDROID_SDK_HOME=~/android-sdks/platform-tools
  export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_SDK_HOME
  

  To edit:

  gedit ~.bashrc
  

  type in lines above with correct paths:

  source ~/.bashrc`   
  

9. Restart Eclipse

If successful, you should see no errors on startup and console panel will say: Android

in Ubuntu 13.10 the ia32-libs package is no more present.

sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386

the second, shall install all its dependencies and resolve the compiling problems. The dependencies are:

gcc-4.8-base:i386 libc6:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau2:i386 
libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386 libelf1:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386
libgcc1:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386 libllvm3.3:i386 libpciaccess0:i386 
libstdc++6:i386 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386 zlib1g:i386

Bye,

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