How To Install androidsdk-hierarchyviewer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install androidsdk-hierarchyviewer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is androidsdk-hierarchyviewer
androidsdk-hierarchyviewer is:
Hierarchy Viewer allows you to debug and optimize your user interface. It provides a visual representation of the layout’s View hierarchy (the Layout View) and a magnified inspector of the display (the Pixel Perfect View).
This package is required only when you want to run DDMS as a stand-alone application. For usage from within Eclipse IDE, install eclipse-adt.
There are three methods to install androidsdk-hierarchyviewer on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install androidsdk-hierarchyviewer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install androidsdk-hierarchyviewer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install androidsdk-hierarchyviewer
Install androidsdk-hierarchyviewer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install androidsdk-hierarchyviewer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install androidsdk-hierarchyviewer
Install androidsdk-hierarchyviewer 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 androidsdk-hierarchyviewer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install androidsdk-hierarchyviewer
How To Uninstall androidsdk-hierarchyviewer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the androidsdk-hierarchyviewer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove androidsdk-hierarchyviewer
Uninstall androidsdk-hierarchyviewer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall androidsdk-hierarchyviewer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove androidsdk-hierarchyviewer
Remove androidsdk-hierarchyviewer Configurations and Data
To remove androidsdk-hierarchyviewer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge androidsdk-hierarchyviewer
Remove androidsdk-hierarchyviewer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove androidsdk-hierarchyviewer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge androidsdk-hierarchyviewer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install androidsdk-hierarchyviewer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
