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7/21/2016 How to install/run PhoneGap on Ubuntu

Howtoinstall/runPhoneGaponUbuntu
Hybridmobileapplicationdevelopmentisahottopicthesedays.PhoneGapisoneoftheframeworksthatcanbeusedto
develophybridmobileapps.Ifyouarenewtohybridmobileapplicationdevelopmentreadthispost.Youonlyhaveto
followthesestepstohaveaPhoneGapappupandrunninginyourUbuntu.Beforethat,

WhatsPhoneGap
PhoneGapisafreeandopensourceframeworkthatallowsyoutocreatemobileappsusingstandardizedweb
APIsfortheplatformsyoucareabout.

SeetheimagebelowforthebuildprocessofPhoneGap.

ImageCourtesy:build.phonegap.com

NotethatYouneedtohaveJavaonyourUbuntu.Letsstart.

1.Installnodejs
1 sudoaptgetupdate
2 sudoaptgetinstallnodejs

Letsinstallnpm,whichistheNode.jspackagemanager.Youcandothisbytyping
1 sudoaptgetinstallnpm

TheNodeJSisinstalled&namedasnodejs.ButPhoneGap,expecttheexecutabletobenamednode.Tofixthis
inconsistency,createasymlinknamednodethatpointstonodejsasfollows.
1 sudolns/usr/bin/nodejs/usr/bin/node

2.InstallGit

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1 sudoaptgetinstallgit

3.InstallAnt
1 sudoaptgetinstallant

4.InstallPhoneGap
sudonpminstallgphonegap

letsinstalllibrariesthatPhoneGapisdependenton.
1 sudoaptgetinstalllib32z1lib32ncurses5lib32bz21.0lib32stdc++6

typephonegaponthecommandlineandcheckwhetherPhoneGaphasinstalledcorrectlyasshownbelow.

SuccessfulPhonegapInstallation

5.GettheAndroidSDK
YoucandownloadtheSDKhere.Extractthepackageto/usr/local/androidsdkusingbelowcommand.Anyotherpreferred
placewouldbefinebutmakesuretochangethepathaccordingly.
1 sudotarzxvf~/Downloads/androidsdk_r24.0.2linux.tgzC/usr/local/

Ifyouhaveanyissuereferthisthread.CompleteInstallationGuideforAndroidSDK/ADTBundleonUbuntu.

Nowletssettheenvironmentvariablesinthebashconfigurationfile,sothatPhoneGapcancalltheAndroidemulator.
Editthe.bashrcfileasbelow.
1 vim~/.bashrc

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Addthebelowlines.
exportPATH=$PATH:/usr/local/androidsdklinux/
exportPATH=$PATH:/usr/local/androidsdklinux/tools
exportPATH=$PATH:/usr/local/androidsdklinux/platformtools
exportPATH=$PATH:/usr/local/androidsdklinux/buildtools

Updatethenewlyaddedaliasintheexistingterminal.
1 source~/.bashrc

TypeandroidandseewhetherAndroidSDKManagerisstartedasshownbelow.

AndroidSDKManager

6.Letsinstallafasteremulator
YoucanusetheandroidemulatorifyoureallypreferitbutratherthanusingtheslowandroidemulatortodayIllshowan
emulatorwhichisfasterandbetter.Genymotion.Youmayhavetocreateanaccountdownloadtheappilcation.Alsonote
thataccountwillbeusedatlaterwhenyouruntheapplicationaswell.

Letsdownloadfromthislink.Setthepermissionbeforeyoustartrunningtheapplicationasshownbelow.
1 chmodu+xgenymotion2.1.0_x64.bin
2 ./genymotion2.1.0_x64.bin

YoumightseethebelowerrorifVirtualBoxisnotinstalledinyoursystemwhichisrequiredbyGenymotion.

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GenemotionInstallError

Belowcommandwillfixtheissue.
1 sudoaptgetinstallvirtualbox

NowletsrunGenymotion.
1 cd/home/dasunhegoda/Downloads/genymotion/
2 ./genymotion

Nowlogintothegenymotionaccountandcreateanemulator.ReferthislinkformoreinfoonsettingupGenymotion.

7.Letscreateaphonegapappilcation
CreateaPhoneGapprojectusingbelowcommand.
1 phonegapcreatetestapp

AddAndroidasaplatformtobebuilt.
1 phonegapplatformaddandroid

Tolisttheavailableplatformtrythebelowcommand(Optional).
1 phonegapplatformls

Nowletruntheapplication.Makesureyouhavestartedyouremulatorsothatapplicationwillbestartedinit.
1 phonegaprunandroid

Tips&Tricks
PhonegapisbuiltonApacheCordova.ApacheCordovaistheenginethatpowersPhoneGap.Thereforeyoucanreplace
someofthePhonegapcommandwithCordova.Ifyoureallywanttoknowtheexactdifferencereadthispost.Istherea
differencebetweenPhoneGapandCordovacommands?Answerishere.Insteadoftyping
1 phonegaprunandroid

type
1 cordovarunandroid

whichwillworkfineaswell.ButwhenyoutypeCordovacommandsyouwillseeamoredetailedoutputthenPhoneGap
commandswhichishelpfulfordebuggingpurposes.SeetheApacheCordovainstallationguidehere.Alsoreferthe
PhoneGapWikiaswell.

Ifyouhaveanyquestionsletmeknowinthecommentsbelow.Yourfeedbackishighlyappreciated(happyface).

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February16,2015
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Android,Cordova,Mobile,PhoneGap
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Trioxin 4monthsago
ifwe'rerunning64bitubuntushouldthosepackagesbethe64bitversions?why32?Doesphonegaprequirethe32bit
versions?Also,I'vealreadygotphonegaptorunandshowmethehelpoutputwithoutinstallingthosepackagesyet.
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KonradSlepoy amonthago
I'mconfused...Whyisthisallgearedtowardsandroid?Likewhyareweusinganandroidsdkandsuch?Isthatjustfor
testingpurposes?Couldthisjustaseasilybegearedtowardsiosoranotherplatform?Ithoughtthatwasthepointof
phonegap..Itwouldhavebeenhelpfulifyoutalkedaboutthatonsomelevel
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AnesP.A 4monthsago
Dearfriends,
whenItrytorun(onmyubuntu15.10)
root@insight:~/testapp#cordovarunandroid
ERRORrunningoneormoreoftheplatforms:AndroidSDKnotfound.Makesurethatitisinstalled.Ifitisnotatthe
defaultlocation,settheANDROID_HOMEenvironmentvariable.
YoumaynothavetherequiredenvironmentorOStorunthisproject

aserror.Pleaseadvise

Thanks
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SamianHernandez 4monthsago
Ifinisheduntilsetup#6butthenigetanerrorat#7whenitypedthecommand"phonegapcreatetestapp"
Itthrowsanerror:

module.js:340
throwerr
^
Error:Cannotfindmodule'bplistparser'
atFunction.Module._resolveFilename(module.js:338:15)
atFunction.Module._load(module.js:280:25)
atModule.require(module.js:364:17)
atrequire(module.js:380:17)
atObject.<anonymous>(/usr/local/lib/node_modules/phonegap/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova
lib/node_modules/cordovacommon/src/ConfigChanges/ConfigFile.js:20:14)
atModule._compile(module.js:456:26)
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atObject.Module._extensions..js(module.js:474:10)
atModule.load(module.js:356:32)
atFunction.Module._load(module.js:312:12)
atModule.require(module.js:364:17)

Pleasehelp.Thanks
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adhy>SamianHernandez 4monthsago
Trythislink...

http://askubuntu.com/questions...
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EmJiMadhu 7monthsago
ihavefollowedyourinstructions..ihaveinstalledevrythingandriodsdk,emulator,phonegapandeverythingelseyou
mentioned..butwhenigive"phonegap"totestitsinstalled,nothinghappened..notjustthatonealone,butevery
commandwhichinculdesphonegaplike"phonegapplatformls"thergoes,nothinghappen..ifigivecommandsitsjust
goestonextline..thatsall..imusingubuntu14.04
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Kev>EmJiMadhu 7monthsago
Itriedinstallingcordova,nodejs,npmandphonegapon14.04andIcouldnotgetittotoworknomatterhow
hardItried.Iupgradedto15.10(latest)andIinstalledcordova,nodejsandnpmfollowingthislink
http://jeffmcmahan.info/blog/i....Andfollowedthistutorialwithoutsomuchasadropofsweat!Backupand
saveallyourdatabecauseIhadaproblemupgradingfrom14.04to15!
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AnthonyDobaj 9monthsago
Hi,thanksforofferingyourwisdom.Icannotgetmy
phonegapapptoinstalltheerrorisFailure
[INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE]thetargetisadevice
runningAndroid5.1.1,butphonegapplatformlistonlyshows
android4.1.1.whenIattempttorunphonegapplatformadd
android@5.1.1Igetanerror

Failedtofetch
platformandroid@5.1.1

Probablythisis
eitheraconnectionproblem,orplatformspecisincorrect.

Checkyour
connectionandplatformname/version/URL.

Error:versionnot
found:cordovaandroid@5.1.1

whatshouldItryto
getthisapptoinstall?
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DasunHegoda Mod >AnthonyDobaj 9monthsago

Trythis

http://stackoverflow.com/quest...
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AnthonyDobaj>DasunHegoda 9monthsago
Thankyouforthat,butItriedeverywayfromSundaytomakesuretheappwasn'talreadyinstalled
wasn'tuntilIstartedusingthephonegapbuildutilitythatIcouldgettheapptoinstallandrun.thatutility
isalittleinconvenient,Imightcomebacktothecommandlinesometimeinthefuture.
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adhy 10monthsago
Hi,Thisisagreatarticle.Ifollowedyourinstructions,butihavenotprogressingatpoint5,exactlyonediting./bashrc,

whenitypeandroid,itsays"android:comandnotfound"

whatshouldido?

*sorryformybadenglish.
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twicejr>adhy 9monthsago
Forothers:whenyouareusingzshinsteadofbashforexample,edit~/.zshrcinstead.
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DasunHegoda Mod >adhy 10monthsago

That'sbecause.bashrchasntbeenupdatedcorrectly.Pleasecheckthepaths.
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AnesP.A>DasunHegoda 4monthsago
DearDasun,
Igoterroras"bash:/usr/local/androidsdklinux/tools/android:Permissiondenied".WhatIdo?
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DasunHegoda Mod >AnesP.A 4monthsago

trywithsudo
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AnesP.A>DasunHegoda 4monthsago
WhenItrywithsudogetas
sudo:android:commandnotfound
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DasunHegoda Mod >AnesP.A 4monthsago

That'sbecauseyouhaven'tsetthepathsin.bashrcforsudo
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AnesP.A>DasunHegoda 4monthsago
ThanksDasun,
$sudos
commanddothetrick...
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adhy>DasunHegoda 10monthsago
okay...ionlyexportpathsviaterminal...

problemsolved...

thankyou
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chit ayearago
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chit ayearago
Hi,Thisisagreatarticle.Ifollowedyourinstructions.Icouldnotinstallthelibrariesmentionedinthearticle.Errors
wereunabletolocatethepackages.Andalsothecommandslistedaftertypingphonegapfromthecommandline,doesn't
listallthecommandsthatyouhave.Ihaveonlythese

Commands:

create<path>createaphonegapproject
build<platform>buildaspecificplatform
install<platform>installaspecificplatform
run<platform>buildandinstallaspecificplatform
local[command]developmentonlocalsystem
remote[command]developmentincloudwithphonegap/build
help[command]outputusageinformation
versionoutputversionnumber

Options:

v,versionoutputversionnumber
h,helpoutputusageinformation

seemore

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DasunHegoda Mod >chit ayearago

ThesearecommandsthatcomewithPhoneGap.ButunderneathitusesCordova.Thereforeyoushouldbeableto
accessthembutmakessureallthelibsareinstalled.
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chit>DasunHegoda ayearago
Thanks..ButIcouldn'tabletoinstallthelibsthatuhavementioned.Igetunabletolocatepackage
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noob ayearago
DoIneedtoinstallJDK?
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DasunHegoda Mod >noob ayearago

Yes,YouneedtohaveJavaonyourUbuntu
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AkshayPatni ayearago
Hi,

Canupleasetellmehowtoinstallphonegaponcentos
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DasunHegoda Mod >AkshayPatni ayearago

Referthisblogpost.

http://mohiplanet.blogspot.com...
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DickrivenChellemboyee ayearago
Thanksforthisarticle.

Didn'tknowaboutgenymotionandit'sreallygreat:)
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DasunHegoda Mod >DickrivenChellemboyee ayearago

I'mgladIcouldhelp
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ManjunathHegade ayearago
Hi,

Installedphonegapusing,,

sudonpminstallgphonegap

but.....

sudoaptgetinstalllib32z1lib32ncurses5lib32bz21.0lib32stdc++6

...isnotworking....errorisgivenbelow

E:Unabletolocatepackagelib32z1
E:Unabletolocatepackagelib32ncurses5
E:Unabletolocatepackagelib32bz21.0
E:Couldn'tfindanypackagebyregex'lib32bz21.0'
E:Unabletolocatepackagelib32stdc++6
E:Couldn'tfindanypackagebyregex'lib32stdc++6

typedphonegapontheterminalbutshowingnothing...

helpme

Thankyouinadvance
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DasunHegoda Mod >ManjunathHegade ayearago

Executethebelowcommand1stthentrythecommand.

sudoaptgetinstallpackagename:i386

Letmeknowifyouneedanyhelp.
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JulienCoron>DasunHegoda 3monthsago
Hello,
Thefollowingcommanddoesnotwork.Thepackageisnotlocatedtoo.

sudoaptgetinstalllib32z1:i386
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