trickpattyFH20/Ionic Android Development on WSL2.md

Install Instructions

Execute the following commands to install Node, npm, git and Java:

cd ~
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo npm i -g ionic cordova @nestjs/cli @angular/cli

sudo apt install git
git config --global user.email "you@yourmail.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global core.autocrlf input

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
sudo apt install oracle-java8-set-default

wget https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sdk-tools-linux-4333796.zip
unzip sdk-tools-linux-4333796.zip
mv tools android-sdk-tools

Note: you can get an updated Android SDK link from https://developer.android.com/studio/#downloads

Adding Android SDK to Path

Add the following to your .profile (or .zprofile if you use zsh):

# Add Android SDK Manager to the PATH
PATH="$HOME/android-sdk-tools:/$HOME/android-sdk-tools/bin:$PATH"

# Add Android SKD to PATH
export ANDROID_HOME=/usr/lib/android-sdk
PATH="$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH"

export PATH

Install the required Android SDK components

Execute the following commands to install some basic Android SDK components.

Note that you can install any component listed with sdkmanager --list by running sdkmanager "packagename". Always run sdkmanager --licenses to accept all the licenses after installing something.

sdkmanager --update
sdkmanager --list
sdkmanager "build-tools;26.0.2" "platform-tools" "platforms;android-26" "tools"
sdkmanager --licenses