# uname -a
Linux chitty 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 #1 SMP Tue Dec 16 12:03:43 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

# more /etc/*release
CentOS release 5.2 (Final)

# yum install zlib-devel
# wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.6.1.2.tar.bz2
# tar jxvf git-1.6.1.2.tar.bz2
# cd git-1.6.1.2
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/git
# make
# make install
# find /usr/local/git/ -print | wc -l
243

# cd ~
# download and install jdk-6u12-linux-i586.rpm, jre-1.6.0_12-fcs from java.sun.com
# /usr/java/jre1.6.0_12/bin/java -version
java version "1.6.0_12"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_12-b04)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 11.2-b01, mixed mode, sharing)

# yum install flex bison gperf SDL-devel.i386 ncurses-devel.i386
# mkdir bin
# curl http://android.git.kernel.org/repo >~/bin/repo
# chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
# mkdir mydroid
# cd mydroid

# exportPATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH

#git config --global user.email "youremail@domain.com"
# git config --global user.name "name"

# repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git
# repo sync
# make