I\'m trying to get Phonegap to work on Ubuntu 12.04. So far I\'ve successfully (well kind of) installed it using this guide: http://perrymitchell.net/article/install_phonegap_u
To answer my own question, before one can successfully run a hello world app using phonegap, two more things need to be done (not just on Ubuntu 12.04 but I assume on any platform):
Then I was able to run "phonegap run android" on the little hello app described on the PhoneGap's website.