

It can be enabled by going into device Settings & then into the Developer Options (Some devices require that you tap several times on Android Version in the About Phone section to enable Developer Options). But before we connect the android device, we need to make sure that the device has ‘USB Debugging enabled. We will connect an android device to our system.

Once the installation has been finished you can check the ADB version by running the following command: $ adb versionĪfter installation, the ADB server will start on its but if that’s not the case then you can start the ADB server using: sudo adb start-server You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint. I will show you the step-by-step installation of ADB and Fastboot on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa). The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘ sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. It’s an alternative to recovery mode and is normally used to perform updates or to perform installations. Fastboot is basically a diagnostics mode that is used to modify the Android file system from the computer when the android device is in bootloader mode. It’s part of Google Android SDK and can be used to run shell commands or copy the files to & from the device and also to install or remove the applications from the device. For those of you who didn’t know, ADB or Android Debug Bridge is a command-line utility that lets us control an android device from the computer itself. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install ADB and Fastboot on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
