Comprehensive guide to setup android sdk with eclipse on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64 bit [duplicate]

I have shifted to Ubuntu only few weeks ago and after setting up Ubuntu my first step was to setup Eclipse for android development. I do not have any knowledge of Linux. I have searched on google and on this website for a comprehensive guide. Most of the guides are for older versions of Ubuntu and most of the instructions are not working for me. As I am not very well-versed in linux so often I had to start over with clean copy of Ubuntu. I have found this guide that have ultimately made the android development worked for me.

Hopefully it will help other users too.


The following are the steps in setting up android SDK on ubuntu 14.04:

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# apt-get update and upgrade
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

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# For development
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sudo apt-get install build-essential

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# Git
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sudo apt-get install git
git --version
#git version 1.9.1

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#  (required for adb)
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#bash: /usr/local/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/adb: No such file or directory
sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0
#adb: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
sudo apt-get install g++-multilib

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# Android SDK
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# http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
# DOWNLOAD FOR OTHER PLATFORMS - SDK Tools Only - Linux 32 & 64-bit
# android-sdk_r22.6.2-linux.tgz
tar zxvf android-sdk_r22.6.2-linux.tgz
mv android-sdk-linux android-sdk_r22.6.2-linux
sudo mv android-sdk_r22.6.2-linux /usr/local/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/android-sdk_r22.6.2-linux /usr/local/android-sdk-linux
echo '' >> ~/.profile
echo '# Android SDK' >> ~/.profile
echo 'export ANDROID_SDK_HOME="/usr/local/android-sdk-linux"' >> ~/.profile
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$ANDROID_SDK_HOME/tools"' >> ~/.profile
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$ANDROID_SDK_HOME/platform-tools"' >> ~/.profile
source ~/.profile

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# Android NDK
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# https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html
# Linux 64-bit (x86)
# android-ndk-r9d-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
tar xjvf android-ndk-r9d-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
mv android-ndk-r9d android-ndk-r9d-linux-x86_64
sudo mv android-ndk-r9d-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/android-ndk-r9d-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/android-ndk-linux
echo '' >> ~/.profile
echo '# Android NDK' >> ~/.profile
echo 'export ANDROID_NDK_HOME="/usr/local/android-ndk-linux"' >> ~/.profile
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$ANDROID_NDK_HOME"' >> ~/.profile
source ~/.profile

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# Android w/Eclipse
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# Run android command
# android

# Android SDK Manager
#   Installed
#     Tools - Android SDK Tools 22.6.2
#   default checked
#     Tools - Android SDK Platform-tools 19.0.1
#     Tools - Android SDK Build-tools 19.0.3
#     Android 4.4.2 (API 19) All
#     Extras - Android Support Library 19.1
#   install 13 packages

# Eclipse - Help - Install New Software...
#   Name: ADT Plugin
#   Location: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

#   Developer Tools, NDK Plugins

#   Eclipse restart
#   -> Android SDK "Location of the Android SDK has not been setup in the preferences" -> Close
#   -> Welcome to Android Development -> Use exsting SDKs
#   Existing Location: /usr/local/android-sdk-linux
#   -> Next -> Finish

# Confirm : Eclipse - Window - Preferences - Android