cd ~/install
git clone https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git -b stable
flutter precache
flutter doctor
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/install/flutter/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
Required 32-bit libraries for all modern 64-bit Ubuntu installs that want to run Android Studio:
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 libbz2-1.0:i386
Download Android Studio for Linux https://developer.android.com/studio
Unpack the Android Studio 'tar.gz' file in to /opt not /usr/local
Launch android studio:
cd /opt/android-studio/bin
./studio.sh
Follow directions of installer
At some point if your system is fast enoguh it will guide you to "Configure VM acceleration on Linux"
sudo apt-get install cpu-checker
egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
kvm-ok
expected output: "/dev/kvm exists KVM acceleration can be used"
Install KVM on Linux:
sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils
Open Android Studio
Click "More Actions" at the bottom
In the menu that pops up click "SDK Manager"
Next to the default open tab of "SDK Platforms", click "SDK Tools"
Click "Android SDK Command-line Tools (latest)
Click "OK", and then "OK" again to start the download for this necessary tool that flutter doctor says we need
Accept license
flutter doctor --android-licenses
sudo apt install cmake
sudo apt install ninja-build
sudo apt install libgtk-3-dev
Run flutter doctor again to make sure all dependencies are met.
Update your path so you can run flutter commands in any terminal session. Just do it. export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/install/flutter/bin"
Verify that the "flutter/bin" directory is in the PATH by running: echo $PATH
Verify that the flutter command is available by running:
which flutter and
which flutter dart
Enable developer options and USB debugging https://developer.android.com/studio/debug/dev-options
- Find build number. In this case it was settings > About phone > Software information > and tap build number a bunch to enable developer options
- You should see "Developer options" now beneath "About phone"
- Click in and turn on USB debugging
Setup Android emulator Open Android Studio Click "More actions" Click "Virtual Device Manager"
Install VS Code
Install the Flutter and Dart plugins in VS Code View > Command Palette Extesnsions: Install Extensions > "Flutter" Install the "Flutter" extension from dartcode.org
Validate your setup with the Flutter Doctor in VS Code
View > Command Palette….
Type doctor
Select and run "Flutter: Run Flutter Doctor".```"
To open Flutter for web:
flutter channel master
flutter upgrade
flutter config --enable-web
downloads sky_engine and sdk tools then shows a list of devices including chrome:
flutter devices
flutter create test_app
local host will run chrome:
flutter run -d chrome