How to install Android SDK on Ubuntu?

Question

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 installati

Answer 1

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