title: Running Unix Binaries in Android NDK
body: <p>is it (theoretically) possible to run any Unix binary from the Android NDK? I have the following binaries available:</p>
  
  <pre><code>.rpm, Redhat / CentOS 5.8 i386 RPM
  .rpm, Redhat / CentOS 5.8 x86_64 RPM
  .tar.gz, Solaris Sparc 2.10
  .tar.gz, Cygwin
  .tar.gz, MinGW
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>There is also a .tar.gz available that can be installed from Unix Source. The application has command line tools available that I hope to exploit with the NDK. For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>convert image.jpg image.png
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>While I am just starting to run through NDK examples and tutorials, I wanted to see if what I am trying to achieve is possible. </p>
  
  <p>I'm not sure if the above information is enough to tell but, please let me know if there is any more information that I can provide.</p>