Ubuntu console: repo command not there?

[multimolti]

Hello!

I'm not that familiar with linux, but tried this anyway: I thought about compiling Android for my Netbook, as everybody writes in the news just now. I found an awesome tutorial in a google group, but already the first real steps know me out.
My terminal doesn't seem to know the "repo" command:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git -b cupcake
bash: repo: command not found

The tutorial tells me to do that, but I couldn't find any information on what this command does (I guess accessing the repository specified?), so I'm asking here.

My version of Ubuntu is almost the same as specified in the tutorial:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Please help me!

[Bemk]

Is repo a package manager?

If it is I just suggest using apt or synaptic. That is much easier since those are installed in Ubuntu, and those are findable in my software repositories.

[coopstah13]

Using Repo and Git ?(Android Open Source Project?)

[multimolti]

Yeah, the link posted by coopstah13 is exactly what I searched. Thanks

[eltee]

this is the version of linux that i am using:
laptop:~/bin/mydroid$ uname -a
Linux joe-laptop 2.6.24-21-eeepc #1 SMP Thu Aug 7 22:18:05 MDT 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

everytime i run the command, i get the error below...not sure what is wrong. does anyone have any ideas?

laptop:~/bin/mydroid$ repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git -b cupcake
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/joe/bin/repo", line 590, in <module>
main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/home/joe/bin/repo", line 557, in main
_Init(args)
File "/home/joe/bin/repo", line 176, in _Init
_CheckGitVersion()
File "/home/joe/bin/repo", line 205, in _CheckGitVersion
proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/subprocess.py", line 594, in __init__
errread, errwrite)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/subprocess.py", line 1147, in _execute_child
raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

[darcythomas]

I had the same trouble as you had. (also a linux nube)
repo is a shell script which helps when using git apparently.

What I found to work was to copy repo to the /bin dir not /home/bin


It worked for me but i suspect that there is a better way of doing this.

correction/explanations anyone??

[chandu_palle]

Repo is repository management tool..

try the below code for downloading ,it worked for me.

mkdir ~/bin

curl (kernal link)/repo > ~/bin/repo

chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
Now open up your bashrc (nano ~/.bashrc) and add the following to the end:

PATH=~/bin:$PATH

Save the file and source it:

source ~/.bashrc

if repo is not working restart terminal once and check

--cheers
chandu