cordova ./create function not found Ubuntu 12.04

Question

I'm digging around in PhoneGap to build a quick prototype we need. When I navigate to the

~/cordova-2.1.0/bin$

and run

./create ~/jdphonegap com.jdphonegap.app JDPhoneGap

I get the following error

unexpected operator ./create: 48: ./create: function: not found

I'm not the only one:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/phonegap/uI_rmd-Gto0

A little help?

Answer 1

1. Change the first line in create script from

   #! /bin/sh
   to

   #!/bin/bash

2. Download commons-codec-1.6 from main server: http://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.6-bin.tar.gz
   Extract the commons-codec-1.6.jar and place it to the cordova-android/framework/libs/ (need to create libs)
   Alternatively change the URL of this package in create script at line 96

3. Install ant if you don't have it: http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/ant-current-bin.zip, extract and add the ant bin folder in your PATH
   Example for ant installed in /usr/local:

   export PATH=/usr/local/ant/bin:$PATH

Then you can run the create script as documented.