With all these initial licensing steps and EULA acceptance out of the way, now you can create a virtual Android device.Ĭlick the “+” Add icon to create a new device and a dialog with a long list of available devices will be shown. Now you will be presented with a “Usage notice” dialog, click on the “Personal Use” link at the bottom (as shown below) and you will be presented with a EULA screen where you can check the box and press “Accept”. If your credentials are validated, the parent dialog will now say “Current license: Personal use” and you can close the settings dialog. gmtool Run Genmotion for the first time $ cd genymotionĪ dialog will popup asking you to “Sign in or enter a license” or buy a license, click on the button to sign in using the account you created earlier.Īs shown below, click on the “Sign In” button and you will have a small dialog window where you should enter in your Genymotion account credentials. OK (Valid version of VirtualBox found: 5.1.18r114002)
To install for all users, restart this installer as root.
Now we can run the installation from the download directory: $ chmod u+x genymotion-2.10.0-linux_圆4.binĪnd the output will look something like this: Installing for current user only.
As shown below, these are the Ubuntu 64 bit binaries. The free “personal use only” version can be found by selecting: “Resources” > “Fun Zone” from the top menu or going directly to and clicking on the “Download” button.Īt the download page, you will see a button that allows you to download the binaries for your platform. Now that you are signed in, you can download the binaries. This will take you to a sign in form, where you can press the “Create an account” button.įill in the essential form details, and then press “Create an account” as shown below. Go to, and click on “Sign In” at the top. $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH Download Genymotion binariesĪlthough Genymotion is free for personal use, you will need to create an account in order to download the software. $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib64/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ sudo apt-get install gcc-4.9 g++-4.9 -yĪlso in order to avoid an error where ‘CXXABI_x.y.z’ is not found when running the installer, issue the following commands. $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test This is not mentioned in the official documentation, but your Ubuntu server will need the basic development toolchain and gcc 4.9 installed in order to install Genymotion. I have written an article here which fully describes the installation process on Ubuntu. Genymotion leverages virtualization technology to create each Android device, so you must have VirtualBox installed.
This emulator provides a rich set of device choices (Galaxy, Nexus, etc.), disk/RAM resource settings, OpenGL hardware acceleration, sensor management, and other nice features that really set it apart. There is the official Android Emulator, of course, but for this article we are going with the emulator from Genymotion. More often than not, an Android emulator is used for custom development of mobile apps, but don’t overlook its utility as a way to access your favorite mobile applications directly from your desktop, or as a way to preview upcoming Android releases. By installing an Android emulator on your Ubuntu desktop, you can bring this power to your desktop. Android is one of the leading platforms of the mobile industry.