Wednesday 15 January 2014

How to install Android Kitchen in Windows

In this post I will tell you how to install Android Kitchen in Windows operating system. But before installing this you should know why to install it.

Note :  Before installing Android Kitchen make sure that Java is installed in your computer. You can check it by going to the Control Panel.

If it is not installed then click "here" to download the Java. After downloading this , install it in your computer.



Why to install the Android Kitchen ?   

It a software that allow user to make different kinds of ROMs. By the use of this software user can also customize the ROM like change the name of ROM , zipalign the apk files to optimize the RAM usage , add root permission , add busybox etc.      


How to install the Android Kitchen in Windows ?          


Requirements for installing the Android Kitchen are     

1. Laptop or Desktop computer.
2. Internet Connection.


Now Download the files on your Desktop computer or Laptop

1.  Cygwin
 Click "here" to download the Cygwin and copy it to your Computer's Desktop.

2. dsixda Android Kitchen
Click "here" to download the Android Kitchen and copy it to your Computer's Desktop.

# Steps to install Android Kitchen in Windows #


1. After downloading the above two files extract the Cygwin and open the extracted folder. In this folder you will find another folder named " cygwin_packages ". Copy this folder to " C " Drive.

2. Then again go the extracted Cygwin folder i.e on the desktop of your computer and copy the setup.exe , setup.txt and setup.log.full to the folder named " cygwin_packages " that you copied in the " C " drive.

3. Now in cygwin_packages folder right click on the setup.exe and Run as Administrator. 


4. Click on the " Next " and then select " Install from Local Directory ".

 
5. Click on the " Next ".


 6. Click on the " Next ".


7. Click on the " Next ". A message will appear click " OK".


 8. Do single click in the area between the Red box.


 9. Click on " Next ". A message will appear click " Next ". After this installation will take place. After the installation process complete check the " Create ion on Desktop " and click on " Finish ".
After this Right click on the Cygwin icon and Run as Administrator. Some process will take place after the completion of the process, close it.
  
10. Now open the  " C " Drive. In the drive you will find a folder named " cygwin ". Open it.



11. Now open the " home " folder. In this folder you will find another folder having your Username. Open it.


12. Don't delete any file. Make a new folder named " kitchen ".


13. Open the folder named " kitchen ". Now extract the file named " dsixda Android Kitchen " that you copied on your computer's desktop. Then open the extracted folder of dsixda Android Kitchen.


14. Copy all the files that are in the extracted folder of " dsixda Android Kitchen " and paste them in the " kitchen " folder that you made.

15. Now do Right click on the Cygwin icon and Run as Administrator.

16. Cygwin window will open. Now write " cd kitchen " and press " Enter ".


 17. Now write " ./menu " .


18. After this press " Enter ". After this Android Kitchen will open. 
Congrats now you can make your own ROM or customize another ROM.


THANKS.


39 comments:

  1. This comment has been removed by the author.

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  2. while i'm extracting cygwin.7z file asking password please tell

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  3. Link to download cygwin is not working.. please provide another link

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  4. cd kitchen work but as type menu , says bash menu cammand not found . as i saw there is menu file in kitchen folder

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  5. after typing menu it says the application java not installed i have already installed the jdk 1.7.0.08 version please help how to resolve this

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  6. Everything fine upto the stage of installing cygwin. No errors were observed. But in the home folder user folder is not created. what error am I facing?

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    1. open Cywgin as administrator once then close it
      this will create user folder

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  7. It works. Was committing a silly mistake

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  8. cywin is not working . when i right on icon and try to run it as administrator a cmd window will appear but after a second it closes automatically now what will i do .
    PLZ reply

    and sorry for bad english

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  9. thanks i was going mad trying to build and porting in Linux

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  11. it shows when we type ./menu then it shows clear application is not installed

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    1. same happened to me lol and im going mad about this clear application thing , all it says is intsall the ncurses tools or pdcurses tool but ncurses is already available in the cygwin_packages.-AARON:'D

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  12. thanks boss it works perfectly!!!!!!!

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  13. when i type ./menu it says that the application "gcc" is not installed. Please Help!

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  14. gcc app. is not found... what to do now???

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  15. Aplicacion clean no instalada ? Ayuda que puedo hacer para arreglarlo ?

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  16. I mean that gives me error, says cleaner application not installed

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  17. I am getting error "The application Java is not installed"
    I am using Windows 8.1 x64bit please help
    i installed JDK 7 already
    what to do now

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  18. after running cygwin..

    Error: The application 'clear' is not installed - the kitchen will not function properly without it. Ensure you did not miss a step during installation! Refer to the Android Kitchen FAQ at xda-developer.com

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  19. i was getting an error saying that folder contains whitespaces

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  20. thank you bro it's working perfectly

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  21. Error: The application 'gcc' is not installed - the kitchen
    will not function properly without it. Ensure you did
    not miss a step during installation! Refer to the
    Android Kitchen FAQ at xda-developers.com for further
    assistance.

    ** PLEASE READ THE FAQ BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS!! *

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  24. Thank you for sharing this step by step guide to install cygwin kitchen on windows pc.

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