Experiments with setting up Android development environment in Ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala Following packages are required for setup Eclipse IDE sudo apt-get install eclipse JDK 6 sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk Android SDK Download the latest Android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html Copy that package to folder named android into your home folder tar -xvzf android-sdk_r04-linux_86.tgz mv android-sdk_r04-linux_86.tgz ~/android/ cd ~/android/ tar xzvf android-sdk_r04-linux_86.tgz - Edit your ~/.bashrc file and add a line to the bottom: export PATH=${PATH}:/home/padma/android/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/ Go to /home/padma/android/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/ run the android script : ./android In the resulting window, In setting menu add : https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository.xml After that an “Available Packages” option. In that add repository link : I clicked on that, then clicked the checkbox beside the “repository.x