How To Install android-sdk 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 on Ubuntu.
What is android-sdk
android-sdk 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.
SDK Tools are platform independent and are required no matter which Android platform you are developing on. It is the base toolset of Android SDK.
This metapackage pulls the entire Android SDK.
There are three methods to install android-sdk 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install android-sdk
Install android-sdk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install android-sdk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install android-sdk
Install android-sdk 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install android-sdk
How To Uninstall android-sdk on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the android-sdk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove android-sdk
Uninstall android-sdk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall android-sdk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove android-sdk
Remove android-sdk Configurations and Data
To remove android-sdk configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge android-sdk
Remove android-sdk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove android-sdk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge android-sdk
Dependencies
android-sdk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install android-sdk package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.