
Once the download was complete, I wasn’t sure what to do with it. When I clicked the “Show Details” button, I saw the same URL over and over:įollowing this link in my browser initiates a download, so I’m not sure why Android Studio is apparently choking on it. I reached a page in the setup wizard called “Downloading Components”, and it never seemed to make any progress on the progress bar.

When running the setup for Android Studio, I had a problem downloading the configuration. Now, Android Studio will likely show up as an application within your desktop environment. Once you install the PPA, you can get android studio by running: This PPA is well-updated and maintained by a long-time Ubuntu Contributor, so I’m willing to install it. Please don’t install PPAs unless you’re familiar with their security implications. If he were malicious (or his PPA was hacked), this creates a way for an attacker to install malware on your system. Please note that this allows your package manager to install software from Maarten Fonville’s personal package archive.

Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maarten-fonville/android-studio How to installįortunately, in the case of Android Studio, there’s a PPA for Ubuntu-derived Distributions. I’ve found that manually installing binaries makes me forget to update them and forget to uninstall them after I no longer need them. deb or PPA methods of installing software (On Debian-derived distros) so that I can manage all of my basic software with one tool.

Android Studio provides easy downloads for Linux users, but installing that way loses the benefit of being managed by your package manager.
