I would suggest to check the installation directory for a readme or an uninstall script but in general: do what you did to install it in reverse order and delete everything you added as a setting or as a file on your system related to that installation.
Installations done with a tar file are mosttimes uninstalled with the rm
command. You go to the directory where you went for this: "Unpack the downloaded Tar file, android-studio-ide--linux.zip, into an appropriate location for your applications" and rm
the files and directories created here.
If you did "You may want to add android-studio/bin/
to your PATH environmental" too you will need to undo this alteration by deleting android-studio/bin/
from the file you added this PATH too.
Short answer
You need to run it via the studio.sh
, every time, as that is the startup script.
Long answer
It will not truly 'install'. It is kind of an annoyance for first time users, but it is truly a stand-alone package, it will drop the SDK in your /home
and you need the android-studio
and jdk1.8.0_45
folders at a fixed location.
First, you need to set the JAVA_HOME
path in your /etc/environment
or ~/.bashrc
configuration to the jdk1.8.0_45
folder before it will run.
After setting your JAVA_HOME
, run studio.sh
again and it will boot the IDE. Then at the menu, hit the Configure button then hit Create Desktop Entry. You should now have a start menu icon, and desktop icon which you can easily use.
Next time you boot and create a project it should download the SDK required for building.
Best Answer
To create a desktop file do this:
Open Gedit.
Paste the following into the file, editing the relevant parts:
Now, save this file as somename.desktop, to your desktop.
Next, you need to make this file executable by typing the command:
Now, double-clicking the application should launch your application.