How to build AICP on Linux?

1. Open terminal, type and install following to wipe current java installs (optional) :
   
   sudo apt-get purge openjdk-\* icedtea-\* icedtea6-\*
   
   
2. Then type following to install correct Java 6 (say OK to prompts and stuff) :
   
   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install oracle-java6-installer
   
   
3. Now type the following to install needed utilities:
   
   sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg ccache lzop flex bison gperf build-essential zip curl zlib1g-dev zlib1g-dev:i386 libc6-dev lib32ncurses5 lib32z1 lib32bz2-1.0 lib32ncurses5-dev x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev:i386 libreadline6-dev:i386 lib32z-dev libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libgl1-mesa-dev g++-multilib mingw32 tofrodos python-markdown libxml2-utils xsltproc readline-common libreadline6-dev libreadline6 lib32readline-gplv2-dev libncurses5-dev lib32readline5 lib32readline6 libreadline-dev libreadline6-dev:i386 libreadline6:i386 bzip2 libbz2-dev libbz2-1.0 libghc-bzlib-dev lib32bz2-dev libsdl1.2-dev libesd0-dev squashfs-tools pngcrush schedtool libwxgtk2.8-dev python
   
   
4. Now tpye following to create symbolic link:
   
   sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so
   
   
5. Create a folder for your repo (aicp or some other path if you like) :
   
   mkdir ~/aicp
   
   
6. Get the repo binary:
   
   mkdir ~/bin
curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
   
   
7. Edit ~/.bashrc file to set some local settings:
   
   sudo gedit ~/.bashrc
   
   
8. At the end of the file add following line, save the file and exit:
   
   export PATH=~/bin:$PATH
   
   
9. Back to terminal. Type this to install a useful Java selector tool (optional) :
   
   sudo apt-get install zenity
wget http://webupd8.googlecode.com/files/update-java > ~/bin/update-java
chmod a+x ~/bin/update-java
   
   
10. Type this to use the Java selector tool to switch to java-6-oracle (optional) :
    
    sudo update-java
    (First select NONE to remove by pressing CANCEL, then select 'java-6-oracle' and press OK to activate it.)
    
    
11. Type the following to navigate to the repo folder:
    cd ~/aicp
    

1. Repo initialization:
   
   repo init -u https://github.com/AICP/platform_manifest.git -b n7.1
   
   
2. sync repo:
   
   repo sync
   
   

1. Build:
   
   . build/envsetup.sh
brunch
   
   
2. You can also build (and see how long it took) for specific devices like this:
   
   . build/envsetup.sh
time brunch m7
   
   

Remember to make clobber every now and then!