[TUTORIAL] So You Want To Build AOKP ICS for the Toro? [Ubuntu 10.04]

ProTekk · Feb 7, 2012

This is strictly just a reference guide/tutorial! If you cannot simply follow directions and copy/paste, I'm not going to help you! This is idiot-proof.

Build Environment

Operating system -- Tested on Ubuntu 10.04 (64bit)
Terminal
Decent hardware (minimum of at least a dual core CPU and 4 GB of RAM)
Optimally have an SSD (standard mechanical drives work as well but slow down the process drastically)
Must have required packages for building installed, I will list them further down

Required Packages

Simply copy and paste this in a terminal window:

Code:

sudo apt-get install curl git-core gnupg flex bison gperf libsdl1.2-dev libesd0-dev libwxgtk2.6-dev squashfs-tools build-essential zip curl libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev sun-java6-jdk pngcrush schedtool g++-multilib lib32z1-dev lib32ncurses5-dev lib32readline5-dev gcc-4.3-multilib g++-4.3-multilib

Let that install and then proceed.

Getting the Source

Make required directories
Obtain repo binary
Add repo binary to your path
Give repo binary proper permissions
Initialize empty repo
Sync repo

Alright, so now we're getting there. I have outlined the basics of what we're about to do and broke them down as I know them. This is all pretty much going to be copy/paste so it'll be fairly difficult to screw this up

Copy/paste:

Make directory for repo binary

Code:

mkdir ~/bin

Add directory for repo binary to your path

Code:

PATH=~/bin:$PATH

Download repo binary and place it in the proper directory

Code:

curl [URL=https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/googlesource/git-repo/repo]https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/googlesource/git-repo/repo[/URL] > ~/bin/repo

Give the repo binary the proper permissions

Code:

chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

Create directory for where the AOKP repo will be stored and synced

Code:

mkdir ~/aokp

Move to our new AOKP directory

Code:

cd ~/aokp

Initialize the AOKP repo and download the manifest

Code:

repo init -u [URL=git://github.com/AOKP/platform_manifest.git]git://github.com/AOKP/platform_manifest.git[/URL] -b ics

Sync AOKP source

Code:

repo sync

Start the build

This is probably the EASIEST part of all, simply copy/paste this command and walk away!

Code:

. build/envsetup.sh && brunch toro

Syncing the repo is dependent upon your Internet connection. It can take anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours to fully sync. Same thing goes for build times. Don't expect this to be short. If you have patience and have no build errors, you'll end up with a flashable zip in ~/aokp/out/target/product/toro! Happy crack-flashing!

** 04/21/12 Edit - fixed repo init branch to reflect ics rather than master. - ZB

akellar · Feb 7, 2012

So once this has been done once - where would you pick back up from to keep the repo up to date? Simply sync again? Thanks for doing this btw!

ProTekk · Feb 7, 2012

Yep, cd to ~/aokp/ and repo sync then build again.

drhodus32 · Feb 8, 2012

Make sure everyone knows that syncing the repo doesn't always ensure full functional builds. All dependant on what has/has not been pushed and committed in Team Kangs git . Updates are made all the time by Roman and crew, and knowing how to interpret source code and make ROMS is a lot different from just build setup lunch and ota make. Love that u are doing this for the community though...its a good way for people to at least start reading and stop just requesting lol

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jpricesd · Feb 8, 2012

This is awesome! Thanks for this

drhodus32 · Feb 8, 2012

Not including frameworks base changes from Pete (which I believe is where they fork from, correct me if I'm wrong please)

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roman · Feb 8, 2012

AOKP frameworks/base is forked from AOSP

drhodus32 · Feb 8, 2012

Best thing to do is also get VERY familiar with Github...start reading and have fun!!!

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cordell · Feb 8, 2012

Is everyone getting this error below?

* [new tag] android-sdk-4.0.3_r1 -> android-sdk-4.0.3_r1
* [new tag] android-sdk-adt_r16.0.1 -> android-sdk-adt_r16.0.1
Fetching projects: 24% (60/249)
error: Exited sync due to fetch errors

edit...seems to happen when it reaches sdk, i think I should maybe update it, lol!

lortay78 · Feb 8, 2012

Thanks Again ProTekk

MikereDD · Feb 8, 2012

Thanks!

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bgill55 · Feb 8, 2012

if you are a themer and arent themeing from source.....you are doing it wrong!!!!

Schoat333 · Feb 8, 2012

agreed! So much easier!

altimax98 · Feb 8, 2012

Is there any difference with using Ubuntu 11.04? Or should I stick with 10.04?

I'm about to switch from fedora and wanted to use 11.04 but not if it will give me issues

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Schoat333 · Feb 8, 2012

You can use 11.04, but I believe there are some additional things that need to be setup. I was reading about it in a thread somewhere, so I decided to just go with 10.04. Most tutorials are for 10.04 anyways, so If your new to building, that may make it easier.

evolution · Feb 8, 2012

10.04lts and lower are by far the best for compilation. You will start to run into problems after you install every thing and tell it to build. What really sucks is it takes about 20-30 minutes of compilation to error out. I believe it has to do with a kernel conflict in the newer versions of Ubuntu.
Do your self a favor and stick with the 10.04

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bgill55 · Feb 8, 2012

Ehh I use mint I dunno works for me

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evolution · Feb 8, 2012

I'm not saying you can't use other flavors of Linux by any means, I'm just saying it goes much smoother with 10.04. Tons of reading + copy and paste tutorials available with 10.04. Also from experience ( 11.10 ) with other Ubuntu renditions I can tell you the headaches are more trouble then their worth.

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jhuntdog · Feb 8, 2012

Agreed. Though I finally got everything working on 11.10, it took lots of reading, experiementing, and a couple full ubuntu re-installs.

I am by no means an ubuntu expert, but I had success with 11.10 after changing lib32readline5-dev to lib32readline-dev and then a "sudo apt-get install libx11-dev:i386".

Thanks for the tutorial!

evolution said:
I'm not saying you can't use other flavors of Linux by any means, I'm just saying it goes much smoother with 10.04. Tons of reading + copy and paste tutorials available with 10.04. Also from experience ( 11.10 ) with other Ubuntu renditions I can tell you the headaches are more trouble then their worth.

skylordusa1 · Feb 8, 2012

Dumb question. Can you use 32 bit unbuntu? Or does it have to be 64?

MikereDD · Feb 8, 2012

can't remember why but pretty sure needs to 64bit

Schoat333 · Feb 8, 2012

Up to this point, I have only built a few apps from source, so I could theme them easily. I decided to just build the entire rom with my theme built in this time.

Its now compiling, and I'm going to hit up 69 taps.... LOL

bgill55 · Feb 8, 2012

We call this a theme overlay. And its the best way to theme.

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cordell · Feb 9, 2012

Anybody have a idea how to eliminate this error? It happens at the very end of my compile, about 45 minutes into it, that is the end right? Anyway, the error is posted below, Thanks.

running: java -Xmx2048m -jar out/host/linux-x86/framework/signapk.jar -w build/target/product/security/testkey.x509.pem build/target/product/security/testkey.pk8 /tmp/tmpWhrgGY out/target/product/toro/aokp_toro-ota-eng.corey.zip
Could not create the Java virtual machine.

ERROR: signapk.jar failed: return code 1

make: *** [out/target/product/toro/aokp_toro-ota-eng.corey.zip] Error 1

EDIT...when i ran the Java -Version in terminal I didnt have one, so I installed the JDK and am trying again. I used brunch and got the same error

corey@corey-desktop:~$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_20"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.9.10) (6b20-1.9.10-0ubuntu1~10.04.3)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 19.0-b09, mixed mode)

j1000 · Feb 9, 2012

Protekk is there any chance of getting an automated script like you made for the thunderbolt?

MikereDD · Feb 9, 2012

If you know basic bash you could do it yourself.
If not now is your time.

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nagmier · Feb 9, 2012

Protekk, who should I get in touch with to talk about porting AOKP to another device that already has a running ICS? I'm willing to do the leg work on testing, getting it up and running and taking ownership of the device, but I don't want to step on toes etc since this project has the potential to bring a lot of functionality to a device that has little in the way of ROM/ICS support. (PS I've synced the repo and built AOKP for toro once already and have AOKP installed on my HP Touchpad as well, now for the other ICS device in the house

)

trongable · Feb 9, 2012

How much hard disk space do we need to get everything set up?

Thanks for the write up!

MikereDD · Feb 9, 2012

24G /home/mikeredd/aokp/
as you see its 24G in itself, give yourself double if you can.

cordell · Feb 9, 2012

After un-installing then re-installing JAVA JDK I continued to get the error below. What I found that JAVA was trying to grab 2 GB of RAM from this line running: java -Xmx2048m -jar out/host/linux-x86/framework/signapk.jar The fix is to go into /aokp/build/tools/releasetools/common.py and change the Xmx2048m to Xmx1024m After doing this my build was successful!

The error I was getting

Could not create the Java virtual machine.

ERROR: signapk.jar failed: return code 1

source of fix >>> http://rootzwiki.com...post__p__318890

EDIT....changed Xmx1024 to Xmx1024m after mrreed2u pointed out I left off the m. Thanks mrreed2u!

mrreed2u · May 6, 2012

cordell said:
After un-installing then re-installing JAVA JDK I continued to get the error below. What I found that JAVA was trying to grab 2 GB of RAM from this line running: java -Xmx2048m -jar out/host/linux-x86/framework/signapk.jar The fix is to go into /aokp/build/tools/releasetools/common.py and change the Xmx2048m to Xmx1024 After doing this my build was successful!

The error I was getting

Could not create the Java virtual machine.

ERROR: signapk.jar failed: return code 1

source of fix >>> http://rootzwiki.com...post__p__318890

Worked for me except the edit needs to be to Xmx1024m not Xmx1024. small typo but makes all the difference in the world.

xRogerxC · Feb 9, 2012

Thanks for taking the time to do this ProTekk! Great job!

Verizon Galaxy Nexus
AOKP Build 22, Stock kernel,
4.0.4 Bootloader and Radios.
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Pleirosei · Feb 10, 2012

I am willing to learn to theme from source if someone is willin to mentor me in it.

evolution · Feb 10, 2012

the android community is fantastic and incredibly supportive but there is some homework you need to do on your own. My advice is read a few how to's on the desired topic ( in this case how to theme for 4.0.x android ), set up your build environment, compile a rom from source, crack it open and start playing with it! also try jumping into an irc channel and picking some brains, I know the codenameandroid irc is usually quite helpful and noob friendly.

Be sure to make a back up, have a good knowledge of recovery, android debugging bridge, and how to push image files to your phone if need be ( if you're just building themes it shouldn't come to this but its good too know just in case ). Most likely the worst thing you're going to encounter is boot-loop but if the crap really hits the fan you'll know how to get out of it.

P.s Remember if you compile directly from Google source you will over write you're recovery back to factory and lose root access. make sure and open your rom.zip ( the one you created from source ) and delete the recovery from it before you flash. This should only apply too Google source as most all 3rd party developers have already removed the factory recovery and added root permission with superuser.apk baked in. Good luck on your journey and happy trails, perhaps ill be chatting with you in an Irc channel someday

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davelm · Feb 10, 2012

I keep getting stuck on:

* [new tag] android-sdk-4.0.3-tools_r1 -> android-sdk-4.0.3-tools_r1
* [new tag] android-sdk-4.0.3_r1 -> android-sdk-4.0.3_r1
* [new tag] android-sdk-adt_r16.0.1 -> android-sdk-adt_r16.0.1

error: Exited sync due to fetch errors

Any ideas on how to fix? Saw it mentioned before, but fix wasn't explained.

Thanks for write up, very helpful.

jhuntdog · Feb 10, 2012

davelm said:
I keep getting stuck on:

* [new tag] android-sdk-4.0.3-tools_r1 -> android-sdk-4.0.3-tools_r1
* [new tag] android-sdk-4.0.3_r1 -> android-sdk-4.0.3_r1
* [new tag] android-sdk-adt_r16.0.1 -> android-sdk-adt_r16.0.1

error: Exited sync due to fetch errors

Any ideas on how to fix? Saw it mentioned before, but fix wasn't explained.

Thanks for write up, very helpful.

I assume you've tried multiple times. I've had that error many times, usually due to either 1) something causing a drop in my internet connection or 2) github have issues. They always resolved after doing another repo sync (or two or three). Have you tried deleting the folder and starting over?

Pleirosei · Feb 11, 2012

the very last build command is not working for me
keeps telling me: bash: build/envsetup.sh: No such file or directory

bgill55 · Feb 11, 2012

Make sure your work tree synced completely. Do another "repo sync"

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goater1220 · Feb 11, 2012

This is awesome I always wanted to learn about making a rom, THANKS SO MUCH for this!!!

[TUTORIAL] So You Want To Build AOKP ICS for the Toro? [Ubuntu 10.04]

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