How To Install google-android-build-tools-21-installer on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install google-android-build-tools-21-installer
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is google-android-build-tools-21-installer
google-android-build-tools-21-installer is:
This package will download the binary Google Android build tools and create a Debian package. The build tools are used in the process of assembling the java code into the APK package. They can also be useful for inspecting APKs.
WARNING: Installing this Debian package causes build-tools_r21.1.2-linux.zip to be downloaded from dl.google.com and/or from other suggested mirrors. The End User License Agreement of this binary package is available at developer.android.com.
There are three methods to install google-android-build-tools-21-installer
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install google-android-build-tools-21-installer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install google-android-build-tools-21-installer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install google-android-build-tools-21-installer
Install google-android-build-tools-21-installer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install google-android-build-tools-21-installer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install google-android-build-tools-21-installer
Install google-android-build-tools-21-installer 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install google-android-build-tools-21-installer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install google-android-build-tools-21-installer
How To Uninstall google-android-build-tools-21-installer on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the google-android-build-tools-21-installer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove google-android-build-tools-21-installer
Uninstall google-android-build-tools-21-installer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall google-android-build-tools-21-installer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove google-android-build-tools-21-installer
Remove google-android-build-tools-21-installer Configurations and Data
To remove google-android-build-tools-21-installer
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge google-android-build-tools-21-installer
Remove google-android-build-tools-21-installer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove google-android-build-tools-21-installer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge google-android-build-tools-21-installer
References
- google-android-build-tools-21-installer website
- google-android-build-tools-21-installer on packages.ubuntu.com
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install google-android-build-tools-21-installer
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.