NEED TO KNOW BEFORE INSTALLING ANDROID SDK

BEFORE YOU INSTALL ANDROID SDK YOU MUST BE AWARE OF THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.HERE ARE THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS l

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows XP (32-bit), Vista (32- or 64-bit), or Windows 7 (32- or 64-bit)
• Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later (x86 only)
• Linux (tested on Ubuntu Linux, Lucid Lynx)
  • GNU C Library (glibc) 2.7 or later is required.
  • On Ubuntu Linux, version 8.04 or later is required.
  • 64-bit distributions must be capable of running 32-bit applications.

• Other development environments

  • JDK 6 (JRE alone is not sufficient)
  • Apache Ant 1.8 or later
  • Not compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)
  Note: Some Linux distributions may include JDK 1.4 or Gnu Compiler for Java, both of which are not supported for Android development.

ANDROID SDK BUNDLE

IT IS BETTER TO INSTALL ANDROID SDK BUNDLE AS IT COMES WITH ECLIPSE AS WELL SO YOU DO NOT NEED TO INSTALL IT SEPRATELY

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#linux-bundle