Install Anbox on Linux Mint 20

Introduction:

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.

Pre-Requisite:

You need to have the Snap package manager installed on your system before proceeding with this method.

Method of Installing Anbox on Linux Mint 20:

To install Anbox on a Linux Mint 20 system, you will have to go on with the following steps:

Step # 1: Install the Necessary Kernel Modules:

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

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:morphis/anbox-support

After installing the first module, we will update our system with the following command:

$ sudo apt update

Now, we will install the second kernel module by running the command shown below:

$ sudo apt install linux-headers-generic anbox-modules-dkms

Step # 2: Load the Kernel Modules:

After that, we have to load both the kernel modules manually by running the following two commands one by one:

$ sudo modprobe ashmem_linux

$ sudo modprobe binder_linux

Step # 3: Install Anbox on your System:

Now, we can install Anbox on Linux Mint 20 by running the command shown below:

$ sudo snap install --devmode --beta anbox

The installation can be confirmed with the following message:

Step # 4: Check out the Anbox Information:

We can check out all the information related to Anbox by executing the command shown below:

$ snap info anbox

All the relevant information related to Anbox is shown in the following image:

Method of Uninstalling Anbox from Linux Mint 20:

We can uninstall Anbox from our system simply by running the command shown below:

$ sudo snap remove anbox

Conclusion:

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.