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So I signed up to get an invite to use the Google App Inventor for Android and was excited to see an email welcoming me to it. I started reading the beginner’s guide and setting up my environment. Since Java is the language used to write Android apps, I installed Eclipse. Google has an add-on for Eclipse called the Android Development Tools or ADT plugin. I attempted to install this, but got this error:

An error occurred while installing the items   session context was:(profile=PlatformProfile, phase=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.engine.phases.Install, operand=null –> [R]org.eclipse.cvs 1.0.400.v201002111343, action=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.touchpoint.eclipse.actions.InstallBundleAction).   The artifact file for osgi.bundle,org.eclipse.cvs,1.0.400.v201002111343 was not found.

After googling, I found out that installing Eclipse via the Ubuntu Software Center doesn’t fully install all the necessary files for Eclipse.  Installing it with the Synaptic Package Manager installs everything needed.  So I un-installed Eclipse via the Ubuntu Software Center and installed “eclipse” along with the rest of the required packages using the Synaptic Package Manager.  By the way, when you select “eclipse” package it asks you if you want to install the other required packages.  Make sure you do, or else it will not work.

I’ll be posting more about developing for the Android in the coming weeks.  Can’t wait to build my first app!