Android Studio is The IDE forAndroid app development kit from Google. The IDE is based on JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA. This IDE is a better alternative to Eclipse with ADT Plugin. Android studio can be installed on Ubuntu 14.04 from the source build itself. Here is PPA for Android studio from Paolo Ratolo. So the installation is now lot easier on Ubuntu.
Install Android Studio in Ubuntu 14.04
We have a PPA which can be used to easily install Android Studio in Ubuntu 14.04, 13.10, Linux Mint and other Ubuntu based distributions. Android Studio comes with nearly 650 MB of Data. So a Good internet connection is appreciable.
Open a terminal and run the following commands
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:paolorotolo/android-studio
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install android-studio
This will install android studio on ubuntu
Uninstall Android Studio:
If you don’t have already, install PPA Purge:
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
Now use the PPA Purge to purge the installed PPA:
sudo ppa-purge ppa:paolorotolo/android-studioDownload Android Studio Source
| Platform | Package | Size | MD5 Checksum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | android-studio-bundle-133.1028713-windows.exe | 519592042 bytes | 9029c18738a75830786326d62c96d557 |
| Mac OS X | android-studio-bundle-133.1028713-mac.dmg | 497595811 bytes | eb2474e6d17537ddfa535e6fe8adcf0d |
| Linux | android-studio-bundle-133.1028713-linux.tgz | 522177460 bytes | cc847dd6249b3033737dabe0377c8c66 |
That is it. These quick steps will help to have a quick start of android developement in Ubuntu 14.04.