How to install Android Studio 3 on Lubuntu 17.10

Android studio 3 is currently the newest version of android studio IDE, if you want to create an android application, android studio is the best tool out there, android studio is the official IDE for android. So in this article i will show you how to install android studio version 3 on lubuntu 17.10 artful.

How to install Android Studio 3 on Lubuntu 17.10

• download android studio 3 zip file from the official site
• run update command

sudo apt-get update

• install required packages for android studio 3

sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 libbz2-1.0:i386

• go to ~/Downloads/ folder, assuming the zip file is there.

cd ~/Downloads/

• unzip android studio 3 to /usr/local folder

unzip android-studio-ide-171.4408382-linux.zip -d /usr/local/

• go to /usr/local/android-studio/

cd /usr/local/android-studio/

• run studio.sh

bin/studio.sh

• follow the installation setup wizard
• done!

How to add Android Studio to Lubuntu 17.10 start menu

• open android studio (run the studio.sh inside bin folder)

/usr/local/android-studio/bin/studio.sh

• inside android studio, select Tools > Create Desktop Entry...
• you can see android studio link from lubuntu start menu > Programming > Android Studio
• done!