How To Install android-sdk-platform-tools-common on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install android-sdk-platform-tools-common on Ubuntu.
What is android-sdk-platform-tools-common
android-sdk-platform-tools-common is:
The Android SDK includes a variety of tools that help you develop mobile applications for the Android platform. The tools are classified into 3 groups: SDK Tools, Platform-tools and Build-tools.
Platform-tools are customized to support the features of the latest Android platform.
This package provides common files of Android SDK Platform-tools. It also provides UDEV rules enabling adb and fastboot to work without root access to the host machine.
There are three methods to install android-sdk-platform-tools-common on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install android-sdk-platform-tools-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install android-sdk-platform-tools-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install android-sdk-platform-tools-common
Install android-sdk-platform-tools-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install android-sdk-platform-tools-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install android-sdk-platform-tools-common
Install android-sdk-platform-tools-common Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install android-sdk-platform-tools-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install android-sdk-platform-tools-common
How To Uninstall android-sdk-platform-tools-common on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the android-sdk-platform-tools-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove android-sdk-platform-tools-common
Uninstall android-sdk-platform-tools-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall android-sdk-platform-tools-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove android-sdk-platform-tools-common
Remove android-sdk-platform-tools-common Configurations and Data
To remove android-sdk-platform-tools-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge android-sdk-platform-tools-common
Remove android-sdk-platform-tools-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove android-sdk-platform-tools-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge android-sdk-platform-tools-common
Dependencies
android-sdk-platform-tools-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install android-sdk-platform-tools-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.