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Android Studio 3.0 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu

Last updated: October 26, 2017

Android Studio reached the new major 3.0 release. Here’s how to install it in Ubunu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.10.

Android Studio 3.0 features:

  • Ability to develop apps with Kotlin, a newer programming language designed to interoperate with existing Java code
  • An SDK for creating Instant Apps
  • New templates for Android Things applications, XML and downloadable fonts for Android 8.0 and higher
  • A new wizard for creating adaptive icons.
  • Android Plugin for Gradle 3.0.0 with significant performance improvements to large multi-module projects.
  • Ability to create Android 8.0 emulators with the Google Play Store pre-installed

How to Install Android Studio 3.0 in Ubuntu:

You can easily install it either via Maarten Fonville’s PPA or by using Ubuntu Make in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, and Ubuntu 17.10.

The Maarten Fonville’s PPA contains installer script that automatically downloads Linux package from Google, and installs it into /opt/ for global use.

1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T and run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maarten-fonville/android-studio

Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. Then update and install the IDE via commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install android-studio

To install Android Studio 3.0 via Ubuntu Make, you need to first install the latest Ubuntu Make from this PPA. Then run command to install the IDE after accepting license.

umake android

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    8 responses to Android Studio 3.0 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu

    1. Teguh the Farmer November 4, 2017 at 11:10 am

      Please help….
      I try to install Android Studio using ubuntu-make version 17.03 in Kubuntu 17.04
      But it failed.

      Here the Error.
      root@Asus-X201EV: root@Asus-X201EV:/opt# umake android --accept-license
      Choose installation path: /opt/android-studio
      Downloading and installing requirements |
      100% |########################################################################################################################################################################################################################################|
      ERROR: Package requirements can't be met.
      root@Asus-X201EV:/opt#

    2. Kevin November 28, 2017 at 11:30 am

      It does not work when I try to install it gets hung up on this process and never installs the SDK

    3. sandro January 13, 2018 at 5:29 am

      It does not work, i get the folllowing error.

      December 9, 2016
      [I Accept (a)/I don’t accept (N)] a
      Downloading and installing requirements |
      ERROR: “https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/ide-zips/3.0.1.0/android-studio-ide-171.4443003-linux.zip” couldn’t finish download: The checksum of “https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/ide-zips/3.0.1.0/android-studio-ide-171.4443003-linux.zip” doesn’t match. Corrupted download? Aborting.
      100% |#########################################################################|
      ERROR: The checksum of “https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/ide-zips/3.0.1.0/android-studio-ide-171.4443003-linux.zip” doesn’t match. Corrupted download? Aborting.

      • Maicon Pinto January 20, 2018 at 11:16 pm

        I have same error:

        [I Accept (a)/I don’t accept (N)] a
        Downloading and installing requirements |
        ERROR: E:The repository “http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make/ubuntu artful Release” does not have a Release file.
        ERROR: “https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/ide-zips/3.0.1.0/android-studio-ide-171.4443003-linux.zip” couldn’t finish download: The checksum of “https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/ide-zips/3.0.1.0/android-studio-ide-171.4443003-linux.zip” doesn’t match. Corrupted download? Aborting.
        100% |#######################################################################################################################################|
        ERROR: Package requirements can’t be met: E:The repository “http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make/ubuntu artful Release” does not have a Release file.
        ERROR: The checksum of”https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/ide-zips/3.0.1.0/android-studio-ide-171.4443003-linux.zip” doesn’t match. Corrupted download? Aborting.

    4. Aniket February 8, 2018 at 4:42 pm

      Thank You So Much …..

    5. Swapnil Yadav March 13, 2018 at 8:38 am

      $ sudo apt install ubuntu-make
      Reading package lists… Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information… Done
      ubuntu-make is already the newest version (16.02.1).
      The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
      linux-headers-4.4.0-109 linux-headers-4.4.0-109-generic
      linux-image-4.4.0-109-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-109-generic
      Use ‘sudo apt autoremove’ to remove them.
      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 358 not upgraded.

    6. cherry kumar March 18, 2018 at 12:32 am

      okay, once i installed studio 3, how can i get AVD to be working?
      i tried bluestacks in windows, but in linux, its so hard. i got SDK installed, but not getting AVD. its grayed out.