Download and Install Android SDK in Ubuntu 12.04

Android SDK is a development environment for the Android mobile operating system which allows you to write applications for Android devices or gain elevated privileges on android devices with the help of third party software.

This brief tutorial is going to show you how to download and install it in Ubuntu 12.04. To install it, you first need to install Java JDK package or use the openJDK Java alternative that comes with Ubuntu.

 

Step 1 - Install Oracle Java Version

 

First we need to install openJDK version of Java. To install Oracle Java version.

To get started, press Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to install OpenJDK.

 

sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jdk icedtea6-plugin

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Step 2 - Download SDK Package

 

Next, download AndroidSDK package by running the commands below. Now the current version was r20. Or click this link to download the .tgz archive file.

 

wget http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r20-linux.tgz

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Step 3 - Extract Downloaded File

After downloading, run the commands below to extract the downloaded file.

 

tar -xvzf android-sdk_r20-linux.tgz

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Step 4 - Change Directory

 

After extracting the package, run the command below to change into the tools directory.

 

cd ~/android-sdk-linux/tools

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Step 5 - Begin Installation

 

Finally, run the commands below to begin the installation.

 

./android

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Step 6 - Install Updates

 

Install Android updates if there are any available.

 

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Step 7 - Include Android SDK

 

After updating, run the commands below to include AndroidSDK in your path environment.

 

gedit ~/.bashrc

 

Then add these lines at the very top of the file and save it.

 

export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk-linux/tools

export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools

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Step 8 - Log out ang Log back

Log out and log back in, then type android on the command line to launch the software.

Detailed instruction for installing andoid SDK can be found in the following link

http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html

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