How to Install and Uninstall android-sdk Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "android-sdk" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install android-sdk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                android-sdk
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "android-sdk" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall android-sdk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                android-sdk
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the android-sdk package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: android-sdk
Priority: optional
Section: universe/metapackages
Installed-Size: 34
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Android tools Maintainer
Architecture: amd64
Source: android-sdk-meta
Version: 24.3.3+2
Depends: android-sdk-build-tools, android-sdk-common (>= 24.3.3+2), android-sdk-platform-tools (>= 19), proguard, libgl1-mesa-glx, libosmesa6, libswt-gtk-3-java
Filename: pool/universe/a/android-sdk-meta/android-sdk_24.3.3+2_amd64.deb
Size: 2078
MD5sum: 00d175b84fe93c5f449efc36e43d5254
SHA1: fa00c5c259e419efef26ca304bfa085632ab150a
SHA256: d6e2ceb8f2fb159fc2d204492cec91fa6aa07d211c3f463eabc52cfcbb81701a
Description-en: Software development kit for Android platform
The Android SDK includes a variety of tools that help you develop mobile
applications for the Android platform. The tools are classified into 3 groups:
SDK Tools, Platform-tools and Build-tools.
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SDK Tools are platform independent and are required no matter which Android
platform you are developing on. It is the base toolset of Android SDK.
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This metapackage pulls the entire Android SDK.
Description-md5: 6d199f77014c62b8baf8cbdddbe08a29
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu