Installing Android SDK cmd line tools on bookworm64 linux.

[os62]

I have been trying to install Android Studio on BookWorm64 puppy linux (debian based), (to compile SDL2 apps to Android) but its large (8gb) and problematic..

So I decided to setup a new copy of BookWorm64 with just the command line build tools. If you look at:

https://developer.android.com/studio


You will see the linux build tools zip is 160mb. (it downloads more later, but you can be selective)

So with a new bw64+devx, i first install latest java (apt install default-jdk), unzip tools to "/root/Android/Sdk/cmdline-tools" then run

  bin/sdkmanager --list

but whatever commands i give, it says
Error: could not determine SDK root.
I have tried
bin/sdkmanager --sdk_root="/root/Android/Sdk"
and many more, but to no avail. Surely this is the tool to INITIATE the sdk!? There is no sdk root set yet! This is Androids doc on it:

https://developer.android.com/tools/sdkmanager


I have also downloaded the NDK, but have yet to unzip it, unsure how to set that up. (sdk first?)

Has anyone tried this? Ideas welcome..

 

[os62]

PS: As i said I am trying to build SDL2 programs for Android, see:

SCONNEX, an open source SDL game for F-Droid

Ok, so heres an open source SDL program I have written that I would like to compile for Android and submit to f-droid… SDL-Connex (SDL version) A quick summary: SCONNEX is a version of the famous 4-in-a-line game, written to work on almost any computer. It can compile to work as an SDL app...

forum.f-droid.org

 

[mustang7757]

Hi welcome to AC!
You should try XDA Forums as they are more into this type of stuff