How to install Android SDK on Ubuntu

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For my Ubuntu machine  I downloaded the latest version of Android SDK from this page  After extracting the downloaded  tgz file  I was trying to search for installation instructions and found   To get started on Linux  Unpack the  zip file you ve downloaded  The SDK files are download separately to a user-specified directory  Make a note of the name and location of the SDK directory on your system   you will need to refer to the SDK directory later when using the SDK tools from the command line   What exactly are we supposed to do

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I can tell you the steps for installing purely via command line from scratch. I tested it on Ubuntu on 22 Feb 2021.

create sdk folder

export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=/usr/lib/android-sdk
sudo mkdir -p $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT

install openjdk

sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

download android sdk

Go to https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html Then down to Command line tools only Click on Linux link, accept the agreement and instead of downloading right click and copy link address

cd $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT
sudo wget https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-6858069_latest.zip
sudo unzip commandlinetools-linux-6858069_latest.zip

move folders

Rename the unpacked directory from cmdline-tools to tools, and place it under $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/cmdline-tools, so now it should look like: $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/cmdline-tools/tools. And inside it, you should have: NOTICE.txt bin lib source.properties.

set path

PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/cmdline-tools/latest/bin:$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/cmdline-tools/tools/bin

This had no effect for me, hence the next step

browse to sdkmanager

cd $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/cmdline-tools/tools/bin

accept licenses

yes | sudo sdkmanager --licenses

create build

Finally, run this inside your project

sudo ./gradlew assembleDebug

This creates an APK named -debug.apk at //build/outputs/apk/debug The file is already signed with the debug key and aligned with zipalign, so you can immediately install it on a device.

REFERENCES

https://gist.github.com/guipmourao/3e7edc951b043f6de30ca15a5cc2be40

Android Command line tools sdkmanager always shows: Warning: Could not create settings

"Failed to install the following Android SDK packages as some licences have not been accepted" error

https://developer.android.com/studio/build/building-cmdline#sign_cmdline

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There is no need to download any binaries or files or follow difficult installation instructions   All you really needed to do is   sudo apt update  amp  amp  sudo apt install android-sdk   Update  Ubuntu 18 04 only

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Android SDK Manager  sudo snap install androidsdk  Usage You can use the sdkmanager to perform the following tasks  List installed and available packages androidsdk --list  options   Install packages androidsdk packages  options   The packages argument is an SDK-style path as shown with the --list command  wrapped in quotes  for example   quot build-tools 29 0 0 quot  or  quot platforms android-28 quot    You can pass multiple package paths  separated with a space  but they must each be wrapped in their own set of quotes  For example  here s how to install the latest platform tools  which includes adb and fastboot  and the SDK tools for API level 28  androidsdk  quot platform-tools quot   quot platforms android-28 quot   Alternatively  you can pass a text file that specifies all packages  androidsdk --package file package file  options   The package file argument is the location of a text file in which each line is an SDK-style path of a package to install  without quotes   To uninstall  simply add the --uninstall flag  androidsdk --uninstall packages  options  androidsdk --uninstall --package file package file  options   Update all installed packages androidsdk --update  options   Note androidsdk it is snap wraper of sdkmanager all options of sdkmanager work with androidsdk Location of installed android sdk files    home user AndroidSDK See all sdkmanager options in google documentation

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Option 1  sudo apt update  amp  amp  sudo apt install android-sdk  The location of Android SDK on Linux can be any of the following    home AccountName Android Sdk   usr lib android-sdk   Library Android sdk    Users  USER  Library Android sdk   Option 2   Download the Android Studio   Extract downloaded  zip file  The extracted folder name will read somewhat like android-studio   To keep navigation easy  move this folder to Home directory   After moving  copy the moved folder by right clicking it  This action will place folder s location to clipboard   Use  Ctrl    Alt   T  to open a terminal  Go to this folder s directory using cd  home  USER NAME  android-studio bin   Type this command to make studio sh executable  chmod  x studio sh  Type   studio sh   A pop up will be shown asking for installation settings  In my particular case  it is a fresh install so I ll go with selecting I do not have a previous version of Studio or I do not want to import my settings  If you choose to import settings anyway  you may need to close any old project which is opened in order to get a working Android SDK   From now onwards  setup wizard will guide you   Android Studio can work with both Open JDK and Oracle s JDK  recommended   Incase  Open JDK is installed the wizard will recommend installing Oracle Java JDK because some UI and performance issues are reported while using OpenJDK  The downside with Oracle s JDK is that it won t update with the rest of your system like OpenJDK will  The wizard may also prompt about the input problems with IDEA   Select install type  Verify installation settings  An emulator can also be configured as needed   The wizard will start downloading the necessary SDK tools The wizard may also show an error about Linux 32 Bit Libraries  which can be solved by using the below command  sudo apt-get install libc6 i386 libncurses5 i386 libstdc  6 i386 lib32z1 After this  all the required components will be downloaded and installed automatically  After everything is upto the mark  just click finish  To make a Desktop icon  go to  Configure  and then click  Create Desktop Entry    source

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To install it on a Debian based system simply do    Install latest JDK sudo apt install default-jdk    install unzip if not installed yet sudo apt install unzip    get latest sdk tools - link will change  go to https   developer android com studio  downloads to get the latest one cd   wget https   dl google com android repository sdk-tools-linux-4333796 zip    unpack archive unzip sdk-tools-linux-4333796 zip  rm sdk-tools-linux-4333796 zip  mkdir android-sdk mv tools android-sdk tools   Then add the Android SDK to your PATH  open    bashrc in editor and add the following lines into the file    Export the Android SDK path  export ANDROID HOME  HOME android-sdk export PATH  PATH  ANDROID HOME tools bin export PATH  PATH  ANDROID HOME platform-tools    Fixes sdkmanager error with java versions higher than java 8 export JAVA OPTS  -XX  IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions --add-modules java se ee    Run   source    bashrc   Show all available sdk packages  sdkmanager --list   Identify latest android platform  here it s 28  and run  sdkmanager  platform-tools   platforms android-28    Now you have adb  fastboot and the latest sdk tools installed

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install the android SDK for me was not the problem  having the right JRE and JDK was the problem   To solve this install the JVM 8  the last fully compatible  for now    sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre   Next use update-alternative to switch to the jre-8 version   sudo update-alternatives --config java   You can revert JVM version when you want with the same update-alternatives command  Note that you problably have to do the same after this with javac also  now you have only java command at version 8   first do   sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk   next   sudo update-alternatives --config javac   After this you can install android SDK that require this specific Java version

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If you are on Ubuntu 17 04  Zesty   and you literally just need the SDK  no Android Studio   you can install it like on Debian    sudo apt install android-sdk android-sdk-platform-23 export ANDROID HOME  usr lib android-sdk In build gradle  change compileSdkVersion to 23 and buildToolsVersion to 24 0 0 run gradle build

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sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa webupd8team java sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer oracle-java7-set-default wget https   dl google com dl android studio ide-zips 2 2 0 12 android-studio-ide-145 3276617-linux zip unzip android-studio-ide-145 3276617-linux zip cd android-studio bin   studio sh

[android] How to install Android SDK on Ubuntu?

create sdk folder

install openjdk

download android sdk

move folders

set path

browse to sdkmanager

accept licenses

create build

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