Install busybox on Android

This
Article describes how to install the busybox command line tools in
The android file-system.

Please
Note that a pre-built version of busybox has been attached to this
Article if you wowould prefer not to build busybox yourself. To use
Pre-built version please go to "installing busybox" and
"Make the busybox shell the default shell ".

You
Can download the prebuilt version from here
Www.omapzoom.org/gf/download/wikifiles/317/1354/busybox

 

Building
Busybox

 

To
Build busybox

• Download
  The latest version of busybox from the following website. At
  Time of writing the latest version was v.1.13.3.

Http://www.busybox.net

• Extract
  The busybox Source:

Tar
Jxf busybox-1.13.3.tar.bz2

• Configure
  Busybox by running menuconfig

CD
Busybox-1.13.3/

Make
Menuconfig

• In
  Menuconfig set the following options

Busybox
Settings --> build options --> build busybox as a static binary
(No shared libs)-enable this option by pressing "Y"

Busybox
Settings --> build options --> Cross Compiler prefix-
Set this option equal to "arm-None-Linux-gnueabi -"

Busybox
Settings --> Installation Options --> don't use/usr-
Enable this option by pressing "Y"

• Export
  Path to where the cross-compiler is located on the host,
  Example:

Export
Path =/opt/ARM/arm-2007q3/bin: $ path

• Build
  Busybox

Make

 

Installing
Busybox

 

To
Install busybox in the target file-System

• Create
  A/bin directory in the target file-system. For example:

Mkdir
/<Path-to-Android-Fs>/bin

• Copy
  The busybox binary to the/bin directory in the target file-System

CP
Busybox/<path-to-Android-Fs>/bin

• Install
  The busybox command line tools on the target by executing
  Following commands:

CD
/Bin

./Busybox
-- Install

 

Make
The busybox shell the default shell

 

To
Make the busybox shell the default shell, edit the file "init. RC"
In the target file-system as follows:

• Edit
  The console service so that it runs the busybox shell and not
  Default shell by replacing:

Service
Console/system/bin/sh

With:

Service
Console/bin/sh

• Add
  The path of the busybox command line tools to the System Path
  Variable by replacing:

Export
Path/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin

With

Export
Path/bin:/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin