React native setup on Ubuntu/Linux

react-native-setup-linux.md

Guide for installing React Native on Linux (ubuntu 14.04)

Step 1: Install JDK 7

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

Step 2: Download the Android SDK

download from here and follow these steps below:

cd {download-folder}
tar -xzvf android-sdk_r{version}-linux.tgz  # Extract the SDK files
sudo mv android-sdk-linux /opt              # Move them to the opt folder for later use
echo "export ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android-sdk-linux" >> ~/.bashrc # Create an ENV variable with the SDK location
sudo ln -s /opt/android-sdk-linux/tools/android  /usr/local/bin # Create a link to the android CLI

Step 3: Install needed SDK packages

android sdk