To get ADB, you need to install the SDK: Installing the SDK.Extract the TGZ file to your home/YOUR-USERNAME directory.Download the latest Android SDK from Google: Android SDK.Update: 09/21/10 – Working code with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx and added more USB vendor IDs. If this is your first time doing this, then disregard the update and continue with the tutorial. ADB Tool has been moved to /android-sdk-linux_x86/plataform-tools, so if you have the old SDK, please download the new one and update your path (Step 9.2 of this tutorial). IMPORTANT Update 12/11/10 – There has been a change to the new Android SDK. Now it should be the correct one for Linux. Update: 01/02/11 – By mistake I had linked the ADB tool for OSX in step 3.1.

Refer to USB Vendor IDs table at the bottom of this tutorial to see the change. Update: 02/04/11 – HTC changed its Vendor ID, older phones have different ID than newer phones.

Update: 05/27/13 – Updated platform-tools (ADB) to latest version (Revision 17) Update: 07/29/13 – In step 4, Android 4.2.x and up has Developer Options hidden. Update: 06/23/17 – Updated steps in How To Finally, after some research I was able to put this little guide together and decided to share it with the rest of the world.ĪDB (Android Debug Bridge) is a handy tool that comes with Android SDK that allows you to control and interface with your Android device. When I was setting up everything for my Android development, I ran into the problem that Linux was not recognizing my Android phone, and took me some time figuring out how to make Linux recognize my phone. If you are like me and like developing in Linux, then you will find this guide useful.

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