Install latest/stable of android-platform-tools

Ubuntu 16.04 or later?

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Install using the command line

sudo snap install android-platform-tools

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Channel Version Published

Android development tools

Tools commonly used for Android development. Currently the following tools are supported:

  • adb
  • fastboot
  • mke2fs.android (required by fastboot)
  • simg2img, img2simg, append2simg
  • mkbootimg, unpack_bootimg, repack_bootimg, avbtool

In order to enable the full featureset you will have to grant permissions to this Snap:

sudo snap connect android-platform-tools:adb-support

sudo snap connect android-platform-tools:block-devices

sudo snap connect android-platform-tools:raw-usb

sudo snap connect android-platform-tools:removable-media

sudo snap connect android-platform-tools:network

sudo snap connect android-platform-tools:network-bind

Creating system-wide aliases is also possible:

sudo snap alias android-platform-tools.adb adb

sudo snap alias android-platform-tools.fastboot fastboot

Details for android-platform-tools

License
  • Apache-2.0

Last updated
  • 29 June 2024 - latest/stable
  • 29 June 2024 - latest/edge

Source code

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Install android-platform-tools on your Linux distribution

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