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

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "android-sdk-platform-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install android-sdk-platform-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "android-sdk-platform-tools" package

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


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

Package: android-sdk-platform-tools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/metapackages
Installed-Size: 15
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Android tools Maintainer
Architecture: amd64
Source: android-sdk-meta (24.3.3+2)
Version: 23.0.0+2
Depends: adb (>= 1:6.0.1+r16), android-sdk-platform-tools-common (>= 23), dmtracedump (>= 6.0.1+r16), etc1tool (>= 6.0.1+r16), fastboot (>= 1:6.0.1+r16), hprof-conv (>= 6.0.1+r16), sqlite3
Filename: pool/universe/a/android-sdk-meta/android-sdk-platform-tools_23.0.0+2_amd64.deb
Size: 2190
MD5sum: fe1365f31faea396a18dbae34044380d
SHA1: 3a4f5685fe35b02f039a64e908cc6d1c9065d758
SHA256: 0a90ac482b2d8f1c5b8db253e531b5cd51207bf991b8faa0061dda36539ae148
Description-en: Tools for interacting with an 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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Platform-tools are customized to support the features of the latest Android
platform.
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This package pulls Android SDK Platform-tools.
Description-md5: 39e80bb695d322ee9edeb1706c1f7e25
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu