Android Studio Ubuntu 17.10 Installation

May 23, 2018 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Android Studio Ubuntu 17.10 Installation Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Android Studio IDE in Ubuntu 17.10 Artful 64-bit GNU/Linux Desktop.

First, the Android Studio for Ubuntu 17.10 is the Official IDE for Android Application Development, based on IntelliJ IDEA.

Especially relevant: the Android App Development Requires a working Oracle Java JDK Installation for Ubuntu.

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Again about the Android Studio IDE main Features are:

Flexible Gradle-based build system
Build variants and multiple apk file generation
Code templates to help you build common app features
Rich layout editor with support for drag and drop theme editing
Lint tools to catch performance, usability, version compatibility, and other problems
ProGuard and app-signing capabilities
Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, making it easy to integrate Google Cloud Messaging and App Engine

1. Launching Shell Emulator
Open a Terminal window
Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
2. Downloading Android Studio for Ubuntu
Download Android Studio IDE for Ubuntu
Android Studio IDE tar.gz Linux

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Android Studio IDE
If possible Select directly “Open with Archive Manager”!
3. Extracting Android Studio IDE
Then Double-Click on Android Archive
Extract into /tmp
4. Installing Dependencies
This for 64-bit Systems only, Install Required Packages.
```
sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses* lib32stdc++6
```

5. Installing Oracle JDK

How to Install Required Oracle Java JDK on Ubuntu

Install Oracle JDK for Ubuntu

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SetUp Oracle JDK on Ubuntu

6. Relocating Android Studio

Again to Relocate Android Studio IDE
For a System wide installation we Set the superUser as Holder

sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/android-studio

If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
Then Move the Android Studio contents into the /opt Directory

sudo mv /tmp/android-studio /opt/

7. Amending User’s Path

And to Make the Android SDK Command-line Accessible
Amend the User’s Path like:

nano ~/.bashrc

Append:

/nexport PATH=~/Android/sdk/platformtools:~/Android/sdk/tools:/opt/android-studio/bin:$PATH

Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano editor :)

9. Running Android Studio IDE

Finally, Launch & Enjoy Andoid Studio:
First, Launch it from Terminal with:

studio.sh

And on the First, Configuration a Desktop Launcher it’s Automatically Created!

Wait until Android Studio Download the SDK Tools and the others Needed Components…

So Now I’m truly Happy if My Guide could Help you to Install Android Studio on Ubuntu 18.04!

Android Studio Ubuntu 17.10 Installation