Android studio error: An error occurred while trying to compute required packages

Question

I'm trying to install the latest Android Studio on a MacBook pro 2015

Unfortunately I get this error:

An error occurred while trying to compute required packages.

Here a screenshot of the error:

which is not very informative. What's causing the problem?

EDIT

This is the exception I get when I run the application from the terminal:

[  33666]   WARN - e.wizard.InstallComponentsPath - Dependant package with key emulator not found! 
com.android.tools.idea.sdk.wizard.SdkQuickfixUtils$PackageResolutionException: Dependant package with key emulator not found!
    at com.android.tools.idea.sdk.wizard.SdkQuickfixUtils.resolve(SdkQuickfixUtils.java:261)
    at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.install.ComponentInstaller.getPackagesToInstall(ComponentInstaller.java:51)
    at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.wizard.InstallComponentsPath.lambda$init$0(InstallComponentsPath.java:195)
    at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.wizard.InstallSummaryStep.generateSummary(InstallSummaryStep.java:115)
    at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.wizard.InstallSummaryStep.onEnterStep(InstallSummaryStep.java:106)
    at com.android.tools.idea.wizard.dynamic.DynamicWizardPath.next(DynamicWizardPath.java:311)
    at com.android.tools.idea.wizard.dynamic.DynamicWizardPath.next(DynamicWizardPath.java:58)
    at com.android.tools.idea.wizard.dynamic.DynamicWizard.showNextStep(DynamicWizard.java:346)
    at com.android.tools.idea.wizard.dynamic.DynamicWizard.doNextAction(DynamicWizard.java:336)
    at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.wizard.FirstRunWizardHost$NextAction.actionPerformed(FirstRunWizardHost.java:385)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2348)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:252)
    at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6533)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3324)
    at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6298)
    at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2236)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4889)
    at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2294)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4888)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4525)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4466)
    at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2280)
    at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2746)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:90)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:731)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:729)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)
    at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.defaultDispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:795)
    at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:627)
    at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:387)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)

EDIT

Google has fixed the bug. Just download the new installer and everything should be fine

I'm suddenly getting the same problem. I can't seemingly install Android Studio have just deleted it and trying to re-install it. I've even tried installing version 2.2.0 but the same problem. — Darren, Mar 11 '17 at 10:38
Not really. I've deleted all working directories and tried again, but nothing is working. Hopefully someone will have a solution to this soon ... as it's pretty frustrating. It was working yesterday. Then, when it tried to update to the latest version, I started having MAJOR problems saying it couldn't update due to conflicts - hence uninstalling and trying to re-install. I'll not be doing that again any time soon! — Darren, Mar 11 '17 at 10:53
Terminal output says "Dependant package with key emulator not found!", not much of a hint I guess. — Krzysztof Kansy, Mar 11 '17 at 11:23
Possible duplicate of [dependant package with key emulator not found while updating android SDK and tools](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/42732684/dependant-package-with-key-emulator-not-found-while-updating-android-sdk-and-too) — gnat, Mar 11 '17 at 12:29
Looks like the issue is resolved. No workaround is needed anymore. — Safwan, Mar 12 '17 at 05:13

score 20 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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Update:

There's a manual workaround!

As per post https://stackoverflow.com/a/42733510/7694425 :

Download the command line tools, place them in the SDK folder (e.g., on mac: /Users/user/Library/Android/sdk), and then add the bin folder to the PATH.
Install the latest platform: in a terminal, execute sdkmanager "platforms;android-25"
Open Android Studio, and go to the SDK Manager (Appearance and Behavior > System Settings > Android SDK)
Click on "Edit", and then select the sdk folder. Then "Next" > "Next" > "Finish".

Still, it doesn't resolve the missing emulator package therefore the Android SDK tools can't be updated since it's a dependency. But Android studio works and you can download other packages.

Looking forward to a better solution.

Update 2:

Solution to emulator package issue!

After digging in the repo's XML for a while I've spotted the issue.

It turns out that the "emulator" package is only in channel 3 (canary) while the "tools" package is in channel 0 (stable) but depends on "emulator". The solution is to force the manager to download the "emulator" package from channel 3:

./sdkmanager --channel=3 emulator

Problem solved!

Previous answer:

The same problem here.

Twitted @androidstudio too. Hopefully someone in a position to fix this will notice.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Mar 11 '17 at 12:20

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@gianlucaghettini Did you manage to update Android SDK Tools? – Charlie_Mtz Mar 11 '17 at 12:47
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The CLI tools only work when they're in the sub-directory named 'tools'. (eg. /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/tools) - so don't move them out of the directory in the .ZIP! – Jamie Mar 11 '17 at 14:01
@Charlie_Mtz Thanks for help! In my case I had to additionally install SDK Platform-tools since they were not install after applying the workaround. – Krzysztof Kansy Mar 11 '17 at 14:32
@KrzysztofKansy I executed the installation wizard after running the sdkmanager since I had deleted every trace of Android Studio in my computer in an attempt to force it to behave. I guess that's what would download the platform tools among other initialisation. – Charlie_Mtz Mar 11 '17 at 14:50
On Ubuntu the configure button was hidden, so I had to change my Display scaling to get the button so I could change the SDK location – Honest Objections Mar 11 '17 at 15:26
Solution to emulator package issue! is solved thank you http://stackoverflow.com/a/42737696/5133603 – ankit Mar 11 '17 at 16:32
Update 3: this should be fixed on the server side now (https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=244956) – Tor Norbye Mar 13 '17 at 17:22
It is said to download the command line tools. But from where shall I download the supposed command line tools? The Android Studio site only contains different versions of Android Studio for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS. I don't see any command line tools there. Can someone please clarify? Also, please explain how to execute sdkmanager in Windows 7 command prompt. Shall I run it in the default prompt of CMD, or shall I have to cd to some other directory? Android Studio's installation process is undesirably complicated. Google must look into it. – priyamtheone Mar 30 '21 at 18:02

Tor Norbye · Answer 2 · 2017-03-12T16:43:52.730

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Updated: It should be fixed now.

This is https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=244956 -- we're working on a hotfix.

edited Mar 12 '17 at 16:43

answered Mar 12 '17 at 04:09

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 11 '17 at 12:36

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After lot of struggling I made it work. Here my solution

When I get the "An error occurred while trying to compute required packages" error I just clicked "finished" and then I went to the main Android Studio page:

Then I selected Configure -> SDK manager and I launched the SDK installation from there

Reopened Android Studio and everything was ok

Really, really embarrassing for a software which used to be very good. You can feel the "bloatness" of Eclipse creeping in

answered Mar 11 '17 at 12:36

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Not working this way... When I select SDK manager and try to click on Android SDK 'Edit' link, SDK Android name appears, I click Next, and same error occurs... – dcalap Mar 11 '17 at 12:51

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 14 '17 at 04:36

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Install these packages and then check it and also set JAVA_HOME for jdk. It worked for me. For more information see this link.

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

edited Mar 14 '17 at 04:36

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answered Mar 12 '17 at 04:53

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 12 '17 at 08:57

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I downloaded the setup again, it's working now, I am able to install it.

answered Mar 12 '17 at 08:57

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 09 '21 at 18:25

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This workaround worked for me: https://stackoverflow.com/a/69868954/6809733

Just download the IDE - Intellij IDEA and create a new project, select Android Project and there download Android SDK, now you can install android studio again and the sdk is installed. Worked for me!

answered Nov 09 '21 at 18:25

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I confirm that this is the correct answer for MBP Pro (M1 Pro). If you got the "Dependant package with key emulator not found!" error while trying to start Android Studio, this answer will solve your problem :) – Xavierh Nov 10 '21 at 09:22

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 18 '17 at 00:49

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I was getting this error on Arch Linux because the SDK setup wizard ran out of space on /tmp, which is a tmpfs.

Another question with a similar error and same possible cause: Android studio- “SDK tools directory is missing”

answered Nov 18 '17 at 00:49

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