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How to run Android emulator onUbuntu or DebianPostedonMarch3,2013byDanNanni 13Comments

Asthenameimplies,AndroidemulatorenablesyoutotestrunAndroidappsonnonAndroiddevicesorcomputersrunningtheemulator.

HereisguideonhowtorunAndroidemulatoronUbuntuorDebian.

AndroidemulatorcomeswithAndroidSDK,andthereforeyouneedtoinstallAndroidSDK.FollowthestepsbelowtoinstallAndroidSDKonLinux.

AndroidSDKrequiresJavaJDK.ThereforeinstallJavaJDKfirst.

ToinstallJavaJDKonUbuntuorDebian:

$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

ToinstallJavaJDKonCentOS,FedoraorRHEL,firstsetupRepoforgerepositoryonyoursystem,andthenrunthe

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following.

$ sudo yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel

NowdownloadAndroidSDKADTbundlefromAndroidofficialsite.UnzipthedownloadedADTbundle,andcopythesdkdirectorytoyourpreferredlocation.HereIassumethattheinstallationdirectoryofAndroidSDKis~/androidsdks.

For64bitLinuxuser:youmustinstallanotherprerequisitecalledia32-libssinceAndroidemulatoris32bitsoftware.Theia32-libspackagecontainsasetofruntimelibrariesfortheia32/i386architecture,configuredforuseona64bitkernel.On64bitLinux,themksdcardutilitywhichcreatesSDcardswillfailwithoutthispackage.

$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Whileusingia32-libs,ifyouencounteranyerrorwith32bitlibGL.so,dothefollowing:

$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1.2.0 /usr/lib/libGL.so

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InordertorunAndroidemulator,youfirstneedtocreateanewAVD(AndroidVirtualDevice)whichisanemulatorconfigurationfortheAndroiddevicetobeemulated.TocreateanewAVD,firstlaunchAndroidSDKManagerbyrunningthefollowing.

$ ~/android-sdks/tools/android

Goto"Tools">"ManageAVDs"onAndroidSDKManager'smenu.ItwillopenupAVDManager.

Clickon"Add"buttontocreateanewAVD.AnexampleconfigurationofanewAVDisshownbelow.

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followingconfirmation.

YoucancheckthelistofavailableAVDsasfollows.

$ ~/android-sdk/android list avds

Available Android Virtual Devices: Name: my_avd Path: /home/xmodulo/.android/avd/my_avd.avd Target: Android 4.2 (API level 17) ABI: armeabi-v7a Skin: 800x1280 Sdcard: 1G

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TolaunchAndroidemulatorwiththeAVDthatyouhavecreated,highlighttheAVDonAVDManager,andclickon"Start"buttonontherightsidebar.

Alternatively,youcanstartAndroidemulatordirectlyfromcommandlineasfollows.Inthiscase,specify"@[your_avd_name]"asanargumenttotheemulator.

$ emulator @my_avd

BootingupAndroidemulatormaybeslow(eventakingminutes)dependingonyourhardware.OnceAndroidemulatorissuccessfullylaunched,youwillseeanrunninginstanceofAndroiddevice.

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13 thoughts on How to run Android emulator onUbuntu or Debian

walteravonMay6,2013at9:52amsaid:

HiDanNanni,

Toimproveyourhowto,pleaseaddthefollowingsinceacleanubuntuinstallwon'thavethispackage!

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sudoaptgetinstallopenjdk7jdk

Thisfixedtheerrorwhenrunning"~/adtbundlelinuxx86_6420130219/sdk/tools/android":java:notfound:

DanNannionMay6,2013at1:32pmsaid:

Thanksforyourcomment.Youareright.Intheoriginalpost,IdidnotgointothedetailsoninstallingAndroidSDK.IupdatedtheposttoincludeinstructionsonhowtoinstallAndroidSDK.

walteravonMay6,2013at10:06amsaid:

Youmightalsoaddthatrunningtheemulatoris"slow"and"booting"theavdcantakeacoupleof

minuteseasilywhileithangsontheandroidscreen.

DanNannionMay6,2013at1:34pmsaid:

Sure,noted.

MaartenonJune23,2013at10:46amsaid:

Thanksforyourmanual.Iamnotfamiliarwithsegfault.Isthereasolution

forthemessageIget?AndoidSDKmanagerstartsupandcanaddanewAVDin

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DeviceManager.WhenIstarttheAVD,segfaultoccurswithnoemulatorscreen.OnUbuntu12.04.2LTS:kernel:[15891.120233]emulatorarm[12235]:segfaultat10ipb6f2f294spb55921b0error4inlibGL.so.173.14.36[b6ee5000+88000].

DanNannionJune23,2013at1:17pmsaid:

Areyouusing64bitmachine?Ifso,therearesomeknownissueswithAndroidemulatorproducingsegmentationfaultsdueitspoorsupportforOpenGLESonx86_64.Try32bitmachineorusedifferentversionsofSDK(e.g.,version16).

MaartenonJune29,2013at9:54amsaid:

Iamnotthatfamiliarwiththespecs.Couldthisbea(not)workingcombination?

Linuxdesktop3.5.034generic#55~precise1UbuntuSMPFriJun716:32:06UTC2013i686i686i386GNU/Linux.javaversion"1.6.0_27"OpenJDKRuntimeEnvironment(IcedTea61.12.5)(6b271.12.50ubuntu0.12.04.1)OpenJDKServerVM(build20.0b12,mixedmode)

DanNannionJune29,2013at11:50amsaid:

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Thatshouldbefine.

ChandanonAugust2,2013at9:04amsaid:

Myemulatorstartsbutitshowsablankscreenwithkeysontheside.

Cananyonetellwhyitishappening?

ItayonNovember19,2013at1:16amsaid:

Didyoufigureitout?Igetthesameproblem

HumbertoFerreiraonAugust13,2013at8:53amsaid:

Thankyouverymuch!ItworkedperfectlyonCrunchbang!

Won'tstartatallonSeptember9,2013at9:09pmsaid:

Myemulatorwon'tevenstart.Igetadialoguewith"startingemulatorforAVD'Testing'"witha

progressbar.Theprogressbarreaches100%,andthenafterashortdelay,thedialoguedisappears.Anemulator64armprocessisleftrunningat100%CPUand1.4%memory,apparentlydoingnothing.Noemulatorwindowisshown.

Outputwhenrunmanually:http://paste.debian.net/37622/

ReplyAlekseyonNovember29,2013at4:17pmsaid:

Didyousolvetheproblem?I'veencounteredittoo.

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