Android - Command not found

Question

I am trying to run the command in ubuntu

android update project --path .

However I am getting a android:command not found error.

I assume this is something to do with the path which I learnt on here the other day? I was just wondering, what do variable do I need to add (Android I assume) and what do I need to point it too.

score 132 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 10 '15 at 17:58

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On MacOS/Linux, define the path to wherever you installed your SDK as ANDROID_HOME:

MacOS

$ export ANDROID_HOME=/Applications/android-sdk-macosx

If you installed Android Studio, the value will need to be

export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Library/Android/sdk

Linux

$ export ANDROID_HOME=~/android-sdk-linux

Then add the paths to the platform-tools and tools sub-directories (Same on MacOS/Linux).

export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH

You should now be able to run android from the shell.

If none of the suggested ANDROID_HOME paths above are valid, you can find the (uniquely and consistently named) platform-tools folder via:

find / -name platform-tools 2>/dev/null

Whatever path that returns will need to be trimmed down to end with either sdk, android-sdk-linux, or android-sdk-macosx.

edited Feb 10 '15 at 17:58

Bruno Bronosky

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answered Mar 13 '13 at 10:04

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Hi @Mati i do not understand your question – Festus Tamakloe Jan 11 '15 at 17:01
when I do what You've written everything works untill I restart. After that I got "android command not found". – mmmm Jan 11 '15 at 17:35
@Mati This means that your export settings are just stored temporaly. On which OS are u working? – Festus Tamakloe Jan 12 '15 at 15:46
I installed Android Studio from developer.android.com/sdk/index.html with the default options and the value for ANDROID_HOME needed to be `export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Library/Android/sdk` – Bruno Bronosky Feb 10 '15 at 17:49
@mmmm see http://stackoverflow.com/a/11709409/1596547 about how to add these settings permanent on linux – Bass Jobsen Feb 25 '15 at 23:24
I did the same but still it shows command not found! I am using Ubuntu 12.04 – Nitesh Verma Mar 27 '15 at 08:47
please try it again. It supposed to work. redo everything from begining – Festus Tamakloe Apr 07 '15 at 16:53
Here also says for "android" command not found, but other commands from the directory are working. I did a chmod 777 on the android executable but still not in path. I can execute it in the folder by using ./android. Anyone a pointer for this weird behaviour? – Gerard van den Bosch May 04 '15 at 17:38
@mmmm copy the code to ~/.bash_profile.Then, "source ~/.bash_profile".You can use adb command permanently. – Zhongyuan Zhou Mar 21 '16 at 02:31

score 26 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 08 '13 at 17:08

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Another possibility is simply that your "android" file is not executable. Navigate to the tools path in terminal and then make it executable by:
chmod 777 android
Then you can run:
./android sdk
It's what worked for me.

answered Apr 08 '13 at 17:08

possumkeys

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Thanks for including the "./" before android sdk. Not everyone realizes that has to be there. – Matt Logan Dec 19 '13 at 19:54
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add `./` is the key here. Thanks! – Jeremiah Jul 06 '14 at 18:57

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 10 '12 at 15:05

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Assuming that you have set ANDROID_HOME to point to the sdk install, you should add $ANDROID_HOME/tools and $ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools to your PATH.

answered Jun 10 '12 at 15:05

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score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 25 '17 at 12:52

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Sometimes even after you add your android_sdk/ dir path from command line it still doesn't work and gives the command not found error, in that case follow these steps. I ran through this issue myself and i tried all the above steps and none worked so i thought i should share and perhaps that might help somebody.
( android-sdk-linux is the name of android sdk library which you have extracted ).

1) Open the bashrc file from command line

gedit ~/.bashrc

2) Add following lines at the top.

export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk-linux/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools

3) Log out of the system and log back in. Type Ctrl + Alt + T to open command line and type android to launch the software.

edited Jan 25 '17 at 12:52

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answered Mar 22 '16 at 06:11

Abdul Mannan

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Logging out & back in is required to get the OS to read .bashrc into memory. As a shortcut, you can just tell the OS to read the file again with: source ~/.bashrc (same as) . ~/.bashrc (both assuming the file is in your home directory ~/ ) – Chaos7703 Sep 02 '18 at 19:42
source ~/.bashrc will update the environment vars in the terminal/tab you run it in. If you are working in another tab (that was already open when you ran source ~/.bashrc), then you have to run it there too or open a new tab so that it has the updated references. – Chaos7703 Sep 02 '18 at 20:31

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 27 '16 at 10:06

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After installing Android studio. Create or edit your ~/.bashrc file and add the following lines:

export ANDROID_HOME=~/Android/Sdk
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/tools

and reload .bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

answered Oct 27 '16 at 10:06

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score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 10 '13 at 13:09

That's because your platforms and platform-tools are not in the PATH environment variable. You can run the adb command with path-to-adb/adb or add platforms and platform-tools to PATH and run typing only adb

This is my path environment variable:

PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.3:/opt/android-sdk-update-manager/tools:/opt/android-sdk-update-manager/platform-tools

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 29 '15 at 01:15

For Mac, go into your home directory by typing cd ~, and then type vi .bash_profile, This file might be empty or just created, and this is not a problem.

To edit the file, press i on your keyboard and inside the file, type the following path:

export PATH="/Users/YOUR-USERNAME-HERE/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools":$PATH
export PATH="/Users/YOUR-USERNAME-HERE/Library/Android/sdk/tools":$PATH

When you are done, press esc, and again press shift : and type wq. Okay, now you saved your file. Now, quit terminal and re-launch, and try typing:

adb -h
android -h

If both commands are giving you output, it means everything works fine.

Not: We used vi command to edit the file. If you got confused with this command, you can also try nano for editing the file.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 28 '15 at 14:38

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android is now inside android-sdks/tools

if you are using mac, you may set your .bash_profile to include it.

PATH=$PATH:[android-sdks]/platform-tools:[android-sdks]/tools

answered Aug 28 '15 at 14:38

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 27 '17 at 21:21

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Uninstall cask android-platform-tools

brew cask uninstall android-platform-tools

Install it using Android Studio

answered Jun 27 '17 at 21:21

Emil Namen

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