Friday, May 19, 2017

Fix "Unable to run mksdcard SDK tool" when install Android Studio on Linux

If you install Android Studio on 64-bit Linux and reported with error:
Unable to run mksdcard SDK tool



Most probably some 32-bit libraries are missed.

If you are running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu, you need to install some 32-bit libraries with the following command:
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 lib32bz2-1.0

If you are running 64-bit Fedora, the command is:
sudo yum install zlib.i686 ncurses-libs.i686 bzip2-libs.i686

reference: Troubleshoot Android Studio - Linux libraries


When I try to install the 32-bit libraries on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (64-bit) on VirtualBox with the command:

$ sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 lib32bz2-1.0

The errors reported:
E: Unable to locate package lib32bz2-1.0
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'lib32bz2-1.0'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'lib32bz2-1.0'

To fixed it, add 32 bit architecture with the command:
$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
$ sudo apt-get update

Re-install with the command 
$ sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 libbz2-1.0:i386


Done:


1 comment:

  1. Hi,
    the part where you add the i386 architecture to the package manager saved my day! ;)
    I wonder why it is not listed in the official installation guide of Android Studio...

    Thanks a lot!

    Cheers.

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