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Old January 13th, 2010, 05:45 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by schad89 View Post
On this step :
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/android/sdk/tools (Note: replace “/path/to/android/sdk/tools” with the path to where you downloaded the Android SDK, specifically to the tools folder)
Ctrl+X to exit, Y to save, Enter to confirm. Then restart the terminal.


What does the "note" mean. I unzipped the android sdk to my desktop on my mac. How should the command look?


Also when I type the adb commands in the later steps it says command not found. I'm totally lost.
First of all, let me say that I am not a Mac guy. Hopefully, my explanation below can translate to a Mac user.

When you install the SDK manager, it places folders and files on your PC/Mac. Whenever you want to run ADB commands, you have to open a command window. Your PC/Mac has to know where the "tools" folder is that contains the ADB executable file (adb.exe). Now I could simply type the command "cd C:\DownLoads\DROID stuff\Java\android-sdk-windows\tools" every time I use ADB, ... or I could "teach" my PC where the path is one time, and never have to point to that path or folder again. So now, I just open a command window and type "ADB" and my PC knows where to look.

Make sense?

Now, just as I told you MY path to the tools folder (C:\DownLoads\DROID stuff\Java\android-sdk-windows\tools), you have to tell YOUR PC/Mac the path to YOUR tools folder.

It's pretty much old skool command-line statement stuff.

Hope this helps...
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