[ale] Yea!! Android emulator working after 1/2 hr hair pulling

[Charles Shapiro]

Oh yeah, that's a surprisingly common Linux loader thing.  If the
executable you're trying to start claims File Not Found and you can
actually _see_ the file, check your .so libraries.

-- CHS


On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Yea!!  The mint vm is finally working as described in another thread.
>
> And, the android emulator is finally working in the vm.
>
> However, I spent about 1/2 hour of almost literally pulling my hair out
> and literally sometimes screaming at the pc.
>
> I downloaded the adt package as instructed.  I ran eclipse as instructed.
>  I created an AVD (android virtual device?) as instructed.
>
> But, every time I started the emulator, it failed and said the emulator
> executable was not found.
>
> I went into a terminal.  I listed the files.  I set their executable bits,
> again.  I executed the emulator from the command line.
>
> File not found.  More screaming.  It's RIGHT STINKING THERE in front of me.
>
> Finally, I googled around and found, OH YEA, you have to execute THIS on
> Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit and Mint 13 64 bit (I have the latter).
>
> sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
>
> It installed about 100 things of which I know not.
>
> Now the emulator works just fine.
>
> Here's my first emulated android tablet.
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.**com/u/9879631/androd-vm-**initial.png<https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9879631/androd-vm-initial.png>
>
> It IS slow.  It takes about 3 minutes to boot and about 1 second to
> respond to a click.  But I can test procedures and take screen shots.
>
> Tomorrow, I'll change the processor type from arm to x86 and boost the
> tablet ram to see if that helps.  I'll also try to hook the virtual tablet
> up to the google play store.
>
> This process has been a lot harder than I thought it would be.  You gotta
> know the right magic spells.
>
> Here's a good write up on getting the ADT working.
>
> http://ridz1ba.blogspot.com/**2012/12/google-android-adt-on-**
> linux-mint-13-maya.html<http://ridz1ba.blogspot.com/2012/12/google-android-adt-on-linux-mint-13-maya.html>
>
> That is ALL I can take tonight.  I'm going to watch Star Trek - The Voyage
> Home and go to bed.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
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>
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