Step-by-step – Android Studio Installation in MX Linux 19

Installing

2. 2. Downloading Android Studio IDE

   Download Android Studio IDE for MX Linux

   Android Studio IDE tar.gz Linux

   Android Studio IDE

   If you are using Firefox then on Prompt Choose “Open with Archive Manager”:

   

   Or After try to Select the Package by the Downloads Button on Top Panel:

   

   Instead, on Google-Chrome simply try to Choose the Package on the Bottom Panel:

   

   Browser Chrome MX Setup Tutorial

3. 3. Extracting Android Studio IDE

   Then Extract Android Studio IDE into /tmp
   Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click on Archive to Open with Archive Manager:

   

   Or from Shell:

   tar xvzf ~/Downloads/android-studio*.tar.gz -C /tmp

   But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.

4. 4. Installing Dependencies

   Now to Install Required Packages
   Simply play:

   sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses* lib32stdc++6

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.

5. 5. Installing Oracle JDK

   How to Install Required Oracle Java JDK on MX

   Install Oracle JDK for MX

   SetUp Oracle JDK on MX

6. 6. Relocating Android Studio

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

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

   Then Move the Android Studio contents into the /opt Directory:

   sudo mv /tmp/android-studio /opt/

7. 7. Amending User’s Path

   And to Make Android Studio Command-line Accessible
   Amend the User’s Path with:

   echo "export PATH=/opt/android-studio/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc

   And then to Reload the PATH simply run:

   bash