Android SDK on a 64-bit linux machine

Question

Is it possible to develop using the Android SDK on a 64-bit linux machine. The available SDK downloads seem to be just for 32-bit versions of Linux.

Answer 1

Android SDK requires:

• Fedora 17 64bit with Android SDK:

  sudo yum install glibc.i686 zlib.i686 libstdc++.i686 ncurses-libs.i686
  

• Fedora 20 64bit with Android SDK

  sudo yum install glibc zlib libstdc++ ncurses-libs mesa-libGL-devel adb
  

Answer 2

You can build sdk yourself. I will try. The 32-bit version is very slow.

Answer 3

Presumption: Android SDK 32 bit version is installed

On my Ubuntu 12 64 bit OS, I did not have to install any of the packages mentioned in the previous comments. Install the following using Android SDK Manager -
Under Tools:
Android SDK Tools
Android SDK Platform-tools
Latest Android SDK Build-tools

Under the latest Android API (in my case, Android 4.3 (API 18)):
SDK Platform
ARM EABI v7a System Image

Under Extras:
Android Support Library

Warning- I had earlier tried using the ia32-libs package. It installed successfully and I was able to run my Android apps. However, if I restarted the machine, it would never boot. Therefore, I suggest refraining from installing ia32-libs package. If it worked for you then great. Maybe it was an issue restricted to my PC then.

Answer 4

For Ubuntu AMD64: http://blog.jayway.com/2009/10/21/getting-android-sdk-working-on-ubuntu-64/

Answer 5

For Ubuntu 13.1 ia32-libs is not available anymore. So, you can try this one:

sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32stdc++6

Answer 6

On Ubuntu 13.10

sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0