How to set ANDROID_HOME path in ubuntu?

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Please provide the steps.

The question was not related on setting a specific environment variable in Ubuntu; this https://stackoverflow.com/a/37368367/509565 is definitely the correct answer. — lrkwz, Sep 03 '18 at 15:12

score 342 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 08 '19 at 20:10

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In the console just type these :

export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Android/Sdk
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools

If you want to make it permanent just add those lines in the ~/.bashrc file

edited Oct 08 '19 at 20:10

ramayac

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answered Mar 05 '15 at 22:34

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where can i find ~/.bashrc file – vijaypalod Nov 28 '16 at 10:15
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@mVJ simply do `vim ~/.bashrc` in your terminal. The folder you are in has no importance – atakanyenel Nov 29 '16 at 10:05
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@Dario Quintana what mans by current location, which location can you explain about this – Dinesh Jan 06 '17 at 10:04
@Dinesh I think he refers to change the Android SDK location if it is different, for example, if you have chosen another directory when installing it. – PhoneixS Apr 03 '18 at 07:42
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I think the PATH should now be `export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools`, see below. In the SDK 29.0.3 I just installed, there is no `tools` directory anymore. – Peter T. Mar 22 '20 at 09:09
By using terminal , Run below command , you will be able to edit the file "sudo gedit ~/.bashrc" after that paste above command – Kshitij Oct 05 '20 at 05:38

score 142 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 27 '23 at 21:45

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I would like to share an answer that also demonstrates approach using the Android SDK provided by the Ubuntu repository:

Install Android SDK

sudo apt-get install android-sdk

Export environmental variables

export ANDROID_HOME="/usr/lib/android-sdk/"
export PATH="${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}tools/:${ANDROID_HOME}platform-tools/"

edited Apr 27 '23 at 21:45

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answered May 21 '16 at 21:51

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That's the right answer when installing `android-sdk` package from apt. Thanks! – Elias Soares Jul 18 '17 at 14:24
Correct answer for me. Thanks! – Ivan Lencina Sep 05 '17 at 15:00
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As of 2020, Ubuntu terminal returns this error ANDROID_HOME=/usr/lib/android-sdk (DEPRECATED) – Grogu Apr 09 '20 at 23:07
Correct answer for me. Thanks Mate!! – emppeak Apr 28 '21 at 07:14

All Іѕ Vаиітy · Answer 3 · 2019-01-09T18:30:27.623

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Assuming you have the sdk extracted at ~/Android/Sdk,

export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Android/Sdk
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools

Add the above lines to the file ~/.bashrc (located at home/username/.bashrc) to make it permanent for the current user. Run source ~/.bashrc to apply the changes or restart your terminal.

(or)
Run the above lines on a terminal window to make it available for the session.

To test if you have set it up correctly,

Run the below commands on a terminal window

echo $ANDROID_HOME

user@host:~$ echo $ANDROID_HOME
/home/<user>/Android/Sdk

which android

user@host:~$ which android
/home/<user>/Android/Sdk/tools/android

Run android on a terminal window, If it opens up Android SDK Manager, you are good to go.

edited Jan 09 '19 at 18:30

answered Feb 08 '17 at 10:16

All Іѕ Vаиітy

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Note that you have to restart the terminal before those `echo` commands will work. I usually run `exec $SHELL`. – kimbo Aug 16 '18 at 19:09
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For the third point I get this message: "The "android" command is deprecated." – Unknown Mar 29 '19 at 13:31
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@Mate / all - It says: _"The "android" command is deprecated. (...) For command-line tools, use tools/bin/sdkmanager ..."_ : therefore add (per above): `export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin` then source `~/.profile` (or .bashrc) if you don't want to logout.. then try running 'sdkmanager --licenses'. Then try compiling. – B. Shea Apr 26 '19 at 19:58
Thanks for the descriptive answer, this one solved my adb path issue. – RukshanJS May 07 '21 at 03:28

score 49 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 14 '16 at 19:25

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better way is to reuse ANDROID_HOME variable in path variable. if your ANDROID_HOME variable changes you just have to make change at one place.

export ANDROID_HOME=/home/arshid/Android/Sdk
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools

edited Nov 14 '16 at 19:25

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answered Mar 12 '16 at 06:27

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Could you expand your answer a little bit more, please ? Try to detail what you are doing and why it is a "better way". Thank you ! – Telokis Mar 12 '16 at 06:44
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@Ninetainedo I think its better because he "reused" ANDROID_HOME variable in PATH. – moshfiqur Apr 21 '16 at 22:09
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note the `arshid` part needs to be replaced with the current user's name – XoXo Mar 30 '17 at 19:24

score 41 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 09 '16 at 11:50

Initially go to your home and press Ctrl + H it will show you hidden files now look for .bashrc file, open it with any text editor then place below lines at the end of file.

export ANDROID_HOME=/home/varun/Android/Sdk
export PATH=$PATH:/home/varun/Android/Sdk/tools
export PATH=$PATH:/home/varun/Android/Sdk/platform-tools

Please change /home/varun/Android/Sdk path to your SDK path. Do the same for tools and platform-tools.

After this save .bashrc file and close it.

Now you are ready to use ADB commands on terminal.

score 34 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 08 '14 at 12:02

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Add the following to your ~/.bashrc file. Log-out and log-in. I have my sdk in $HOME/Documents/Android/sdk you have to replace it with where you keep your sdk folder

# Android Path
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Documents/Android/sdk:$HOME/Documents/Android/sdk/tools
export PATH

# For SDK version r_08 and higher, also add this for adb:
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Documents/Android/sdk/platform-tools
export PATH

answered Oct 08 '14 at 12:02

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I think running `source ~/.bashrc` can substitute for logging out then logging in. – JVE999 Oct 14 '14 at 23:14
@JVE999 yes for that particular terminal session. – Sudhir Singh Khanger Oct 16 '14 at 15:49
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You could do `export PATH=$PATH(...)` in one like. Works both ways :) – klauskpm Jan 09 '15 at 12:27

score 34 · Answer 7 · edited Jan 02 '19 at 10:07

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first open the .bashrc file by gedit ~/.bashrc

# Added ANDROID_HOME variable. export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Android/Sdk export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools

save the file and reopen the terminal

echo $ANDROID_HOME

it will show the path like /home/pathTo/Android/Sdk

edited Jan 02 '19 at 10:07

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answered Jan 07 '18 at 10:04

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this should be the verified answer! thank you so much – Zub Mar 14 '18 at 00:24

score 16 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 18 '17 at 14:11

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Applies to Ubuntu and Linux Mint

In the archive:

sudo nano .bashrc

Add to the end:

export ANDROID_HOME=${HOME}/Android/Sdk

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

Restart the terminal and doing: echo $ HOME or $ PATH, you can know these variables.

answered Apr 18 '17 at 14:11

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thanks for your answer this is permanent solution – Mr Coder Sep 18 '21 at 13:19

Francis Bacon · Answer 9 · 2020-10-31T18:04:53.000

Download the Android SDK to the machine. (Suppose that the location is /home/zelong/Android/Sdk) (home/username/Android/Sdk)

Add these lines to the file ~/.bashrc (located at home/username/.bashrc)

export ANDROID_HOME="/home/zelong/Android/Sdk"
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools

This will make it permanent for the current user because every time the machine boots, it will run this script and set the enviroment path.

After making this change, remember to save it.

Then run source ~/.bashrc to apply the changes or restart your terminal.

Test if it works:

zelong@zelong-ThinkPad-T430:~$ echo $ANDROID_HOME
/home/zelong/Android/Sdk
zelong@zelong-ThinkPad-T430:~$ which android
/home/zelong/Android/Sdk/tools/android
zelong@zelong-ThinkPad-T430:~$ which adb
/home/zelong/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb

As we can see,

android command line locates under tools

adb command line locates under platform-tools

score 7 · Answer 10 · answered May 10 '20 at 21:43

This is what work for me, Assuming you have the sdk extracted at ~/Android/Sdk,

export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Android/Sdk
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools

Add the above lines to the file ~/.bashrc (located at home/username/.bashrc) to make it permanent for the current user. Run source ~/.bashrc to apply the changes or restart your terminal. (or) Run the above lines on a terminal window to make it available for the session. To test if you have set it up correctly, Run the below commands on a terminal window

echo $ANDROID_HOME

user#host:~$ echo $ANDROID_HOME

You will get

/home/<user>/Android/Sdk

You can run this too

which android

user#host:~$ which android

/home/<user>/Android/Sdk/tools/android

Run android on a terminal, If it opens up Android SDK Manager, you are good to go.

score 5 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 13 '21 at 04:32

In my case it works with a little change. Simply by putting :$PATH at the end.

# andorid paths
export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Android/Sdk
export PATH="$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH"
export PATH="$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH"
export PATH="$ANDROID_HOME/emulator:$PATH"

Shubham · Answer 12 · 2020-09-10T10:52:18.827

you can edit the environment variable file in Ubuntu to set android home globally.

[1] run this command in terminal

sudo -H gedit /etc/environment

[2] your envirmnent file content will look like the below one

PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games"

[3] in environment file add android sdk path as follows:-

PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games"
ANDROID_HOME="/home/yourPathTo/Android/Sdk"

[4] then you can check the Android home path in the terminal with the following command:-

echo $ANDROID_HOME

If path is still not set then restart the system to get the applied changes.

score 3 · Answer 13 · edited Sep 09 '17 at 19:48

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In the terminal just type these 3 commands to set the ANDROID_HOME Variable :

$ export ANDROID_HOME=~/Android/Sdk

/Android/Sdk is the location of Sdk, this might get change in your case

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

Note : This will set the path temporarily so what ever action you have to perform, perform on the same terminal.

edited Sep 09 '17 at 19:48

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score 2 · Answer 14 · answered Aug 03 '17 at 13:42

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If you run android with sudo it will install sdk in /root/Android/Sdk so check if that is the case. And if you are using dont run cordova with sudo it will look sdk in root also may be. Above code for setting path is works fine.

answered Aug 03 '17 at 13:42

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score 2 · Answer 15 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

I was facing the same problem with linux ANDROID_HOME path

Note:
1- Add parameters

2- Make or Rebuild project

3- Restart your PC

How to add parameters using terminal:

Open your terminal write

gedit .bashrc

another window will be open and then add the following lines at the end of the windows.

export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Android/Sdk
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools 
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools

then back to terminal and type

source .bashrc

to save your changes in bashrc file at the end restart your computer.

score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Mar 15 '19 at 10:26

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add to file

~/.profile 


export ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android-sdk

Path to the SDK

Then reset the computer

answered Mar 15 '19 at 10:26

Tomasz Paciorek

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I was struggling for the last 3 days and I was able to solve it by just adding a path in .profile. I am using ubuntu V20.4. Thanks! – Viren V Varasadiya Feb 08 '23 at 06:03

score 1 · Answer 17 · answered Jul 04 '20 at 05:48

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Had the same issue, in the terminal you can type:

export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Android/Sdk

or any other location depending on where you installed the sdk.

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

Hope it helps!

answered Jul 04 '20 at 05:48

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score 0 · Answer 18 · edited Mar 20 '16 at 07:34

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sudo su -
gedit ~/.bashrc
export PATH=${PATH}:/your path
export PATH=${PATH}:/your path
export PATH=${PATH}:/opt/workspace/android/android-sdk-linux/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:/opt/workspace/android/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools

edited Mar 20 '16 at 07:34

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answered Mar 20 '16 at 07:30

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Add some explanations to your answer – kvorobiev Mar 20 '16 at 07:34

score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Dec 28 '17 at 17:44

You can append this line at the end of .bashrc file-

export PATH=$PATH:"/opt/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/"

here /opt/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/ is installation directory of Sdk. .bashrc file is located in home folder

vi ~/.bashrc

or if you have sublime installed

subl ~/.bashrc

score 0 · Answer 20 · answered Sep 21 '18 at 09:01

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open ~/.bashrc file and paste at the end

export PATH=$PATH{}:/path-from-home-dir/android/sdk/tools
export PATH=$PATH{}:/path-from-home-dir/android/sdk/platform-tools

answered Sep 21 '18 at 09:01

Vijay Pal Vishwakarma

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