How To Install adb on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install adb on Debian 10.
What is adb
adb is:
A versatile command line tool that lets you communicate with an emulator instance or connected Android-powered device.
This package recommends “android-sdk-platform-tools-common” which contains the udev rules for Android devices. Without this package, adb and fastboot need to be running with root permission.
There are three methods to install adb on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install adb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install adb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install adb
Install adb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install adb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install adb
Install adb Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install adb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install adb
How To Uninstall adb on Debian 10
To uninstall only the adb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove adb
Uninstall adb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall adb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove adb
Remove adb Configurations and Data
To remove adb configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge adb
Remove adb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove adb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge adb
Dependencies
adb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install adb package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.