Ever wanted to download adb or fastboot without having to download the whole of Android Studio?
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/10
Quotes from [WayBack] Ever wanted to download adb or fastboot without having to download the whole of Android Studio?…but didn’t want to download executables from some… – Elliott Hughes – Google+
Article:
- https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip
- https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip
- https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
These links will always return the adb/fastboot binaries currently shipping with Android Studio. No need to guess what the current version is, or update your own links: just follow these and get the latest binaries, direct from the source.
Comments:
A package manager is overkill. `wget -O adb.zip https://dl.google.com – dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip && unzip -d ~/bin/ adb.zip && export PATH=”$PATH;~/bin/platform tools”` should let you call `adb devices` and you can add the export to your .bashrc if you want it always available without changing into ~/bin/platform tools.
+Elliott Hughes Any chance we can get something to tell us when it is updated? I know you probably don’t care about bandwitdh, but would be nice to know when updates are pushed.
+dragon788 dragon_788 Or, you can install adb & fastboot from the repo’s then run this script every once in awhile to stay up to date:
#!/bin/bash
wget https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip
unzip \platform-tools-latest-linux.zip
sudo cp platform-tools/adb /usr/bin/adb
sudo cp platform-tools/fastboot /usr/bin/fastboot
–jeroen
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