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+page.title=System Requirements
+@jd:body
+
+<p>The sections below describe the system and software requirements for developing
+Android applications using the Android Development Tools, revision 3. </p>
+
+<h3>Supported Operating Systems</h3>
+<ul>
+ <li>Windows XP (32-bit) or Vista (32- or 64-bit)</li>
+ <li>Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later (x86 only)</li>
+ <li>Linux (tested on Linux Ubuntu Hardy Heron)
+ <ul>
+ <li>64-bit distributions must be capable of running 32-bit applications.
+ For information about how to add support for 32-bit applications, see
+ the <a href="installing.html#InstallationNotes">Installation Notes</a>.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Supported Development Environments</h3>
+<ul>
+ <li>Eclipse IDE
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">Eclipse</a> 3.4 (Ganymede) or 3.5 (Galileo)
+ <ul>
+ <li>Note: Eclipse 3.3 has not been fully tested with ADT 0.9.3 and support can no longer be guaranteed. We suggest you upgrade to
+ Eclipse 3.4 or 3.5.</li>
+ <li>Recommended Eclipse IDE packages: Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers, Eclipse IDE for Java Developers, Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers</li>
+ <li>Eclipse <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/jdt">JDT</a> plugin (included in most Eclipse IDE packages) </li>
+ <li>Eclipse Classic IDE package is not supported.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp">JDK 5 or JDK 6</a> (JRE alone is not sufficient)</li>
+ <li><a href="installing.html#installingplugin">Android Development Tools plugin</a> (optional)</li>
+ <li><strong>Not</strong> compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>Other development environments or IDEs
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp">JDK 5 or JDK 6</a> (JRE alone is not sufficient)</li>
+ <li><a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> 1.6.5 or later for Linux and Mac, 1.7 or later for Windows</li>
+ <li><strong>Not</strong> compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+</ul>
+
+<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> If JDK is already installed on your development computer, please take a moment to make sure that it meets the version requirements listed above. In
+particular, note that some Linux distributions may include JDK 1.4 or Gnu Compiler for Java, both of which are not supported for Android development. </p>
+
+<h3>Hardware requirements</h3>
+<ul>
+ <li>For the base SDK package, at least 600MB of available disk space. For each platform downloaded into the SDK, an additional 100MB is needed. </li>
+</ul>
+