{"id":11334,"date":"2021-10-29T10:14:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T10:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/?p=11334"},"modified":"2021-10-29T10:14:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T10:14:49","slug":"install-anbox-on-linux-mint-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/mint\/install-anbox-on-linux-mint-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Anbox on Linux Mint 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/h2>\n

Anbox is a well-known tool that acts as a layer for making the applications and games developed for Android compatible with the Linux distributions. It is a free and open-source tool that can be installed very easily on any Linux distribution. In this guide, we will show you how you can have this tool installed on your system.<\/p>\n

Pre-Requisite:<\/h2>\n

You need to have the Snap package manager installed on your system before proceeding with this method.<\/p>\n

Method of Installing Anbox on Linux Mint 20:<\/h2>\n

To install Anbox on a Linux Mint 20 system, you will have to go on with the following steps:<\/p>\n

Step # 1: Install the Necessary Kernel Modules:<\/h3>\n

We need to install two necessary kernel modules before installing Anbox. The first module will be installed by running the command shown below:<\/p>\n

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:morphis\/anbox-support<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n
After installing the first module, we will update our system with the following command:<\/p>\n
$ sudo apt update<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n
Now, we will install the second kernel module by running the command shown below:<\/p>\n
$ sudo apt install linux-headers-generic anbox-modules-dkms<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n
Step # 2: Load the Kernel Modules:<\/h3>\n
After that, we have to load both the kernel modules manually by running the following two commands one by one:<\/p>\n
$ sudo modprobe ashmem_linux<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n
$ sudo modprobe binder_linux<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
Step # 3: Install Anbox on your System:<\/h3>\n
Now, we can install Anbox on Linux Mint 20 by running the command shown below:<\/p>\n
$ sudo snap install --devmode --beta anbox<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n
The installation can be confirmed with the following message:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Step # 4: Check out the Anbox Information:<\/h3>\n
We can check out all the information related to Anbox by executing the command shown below:<\/p>\n
$ snap info anbox<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n
All the relevant information related to Anbox is shown in the following image:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Method of Uninstalling Anbox from Linux Mint 20:<\/h2>\n
We can uninstall Anbox from our system simply by running the command shown below:<\/p>\n
$ sudo snap remove anbox<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n
Conclusion:<\/h2>\n
This guide will let you install Anbox on a Linux Mint 20 system very conveniently. Once you have this tool installed on your system, you will be able to run Android applications and games very easily on your system.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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