How To Install Android Studio on Linux Mint 19 “Tara”

Check whether your CPU supports Intel VT / AMD SVM or not.

Output:

If the above output is non-zero, then your machine has Intel or AMD virtualization support.

Install KVM and other utilities

sudo apt install -y qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils wget unzip

Add your user "thierry" ( or your own user name) to the KVM group.

sudo usermod -aG kvm thierry
sudo usermod -aG libvirt thierry

Reboot the machine or Log out and log in back.

Install 32-bit libraries

Use the apt command install 32-bit libraries.

sudo apt update

sudo apt install -y libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 libbz2-1.0:i386 wget

Install Java

Android Studio requires Oracle JDK 8 (not OpenJDK) to function correctly.

First, add Oracle JDK repository on the system.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

Then, install the Oracle JDK 8 using the following command.

sudo apt update

sudo apt install -y oracle-java8-installer

sudo apt install -y oracle-java8-set-default

During the Oracle JAVA installation, you would need to accept the Oracle License agreement

Check the java version

java -version

Output:

java version "1.8.0_181"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_181-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.181-b13, mixed mode)

Install Android Studio on Linux Mint 19

Use the given link to download the latest version of Android Studio (Recommended Method).

Move the downloaded archive to /opt or to your desired directory and extract it there using the unzip command.

sudo mv android-studio-ide-*-linux.zip /opt/

cd /opt/

sudo unzip /opt/android-studio-ide-*-linux.zip

 Can be done by the UI.

Change the permission of extracted files.

sudo chown -R raj:raj android-studio

 Start the Android Studio by executing studio.sh from the bin directory.

cd /opt/android-studio/bin/

./studio.sh

 Symlink the executable to /bin directory so that you can quickly start Android Studio using android-studio command irrespective of the current working directory.

sudo ln -sf /opt/android-studio/bin/studio.sh /bin/android-studio

Create Android Studio Launcher Icon on Linux Mint 19

 To make Android Studio available in your list of applications, select Tools >> Create Desktop Entry from the Android Studio menu bar.

Access Android Studio

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How To Install Android Studio on Linux Mint 19 “Tara”