The post covers steps on how to install Android studio on Ubuntu machines and ways you can install the software.
From terminal and from Ubuntu software are ways how you can install android studio on Ubuntu machine
I. Through terminal
1. Download the latest version from here android studio
2. Once downloaded – Unzip the .zip file to a proper location.
3. If you’re using a 64-bit version of Linux, make sure you first install the required libraries for 64-bit machine by running the following command from terminal.
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 libbz2-1.0:i386 |
4. To launch Android Studio, go to the folder where android studio was unzipped
- click on the unzipped android studio folder and navigate to “
android-studio/bin/”
- Once you are under the path ->right click -> open in terminal -> execute the following command
./studio.sh |
5. Then follow the installation wizard for rest of the setup.
II. From Ubuntu Softwares
- Search for Ubuntu Software on you machine and launch it
2. Click on the “search” icon provided on the top right corner and type in “android studio”.
Note:
- Android Studio Canary – you would get the newest release with the latest features and you can test the features as soon as they are built but you might face bugs while using this version.
- It is recommended to use the stable version for development purpose.
3. Choose the one of your choice and click on it to open the install window
when you click on the install button you will be prompted for password, enter password and the installation starts.
After the installation completes the same window will have options “Launch” and “Remove”, clicking on “Launch” launches the software and clicking on “Remove” uninstalls the software from your machine.
Additional Info
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