How to start Android adb server on startup in Ubuntu Linux from root
Hi, recently to make debug on real device I need to restart my adb server (Android Debug Bridge) manually.
To use it I need restart it with root privileges.
sudo adb kill-server
sudo adb start-serverNow I want to show you how to make it on startup your Linux OS.
1. Create file with adb name
2. Put it in /etc/init.d/ dir
3. Add folowing content:
#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
start)
# Start daemon.
echo -n "Starting ADB: "
/opt/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/adb start-server
;;
stop)
# Stop daemons.
echo -n "Shutting ADB: "
/opt/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/adb kill-server
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
esac
exit 04. Run following commands
cd /etc/init.d/
sudo chown root:root adb
sudo update-rc.d adb defaults
sudo chmod +x adb5. reboot your Linux OS
6. Plug your Android device to USB
7. run
adb devices8. Everythink is ok If you see something like this:
List of devices attached
YOUR_DEVICE_SERIAL_NUMBER deviceEnjoy codding!
3 Comments
Abhishek · 25 June, 2012 at 15:10
Not working for me.
Terminal text is:
home@ubuntu:~$ adb devices
No command ‘adb’ found, did you mean:
Command ‘cdb’ from package ‘tinycdb’ (main)
Command ‘gdb’ from package ‘gdb’ (main)
Command ‘dab’ from package ‘bsdgames’ (universe)
Command ‘zdb’ from package ‘zfs-fuse’ (universe)
Command ‘kdb’ from package ‘elektra-bin’ (universe)
Command ‘tdb’ from package ‘tads2-dev’ (multiverse)
Command ‘pdb’ from package ‘python’ (main)
Command ‘jdb’ from package ‘openjdk-6-jdk’ (main)
Command ‘jdb’ from package ‘openjdk-7-jdk’ (universe)
Command ‘ab’ from package ‘apache2-utils’ (main)
Command ‘ad’ from package ‘netatalk’ (universe)
adb: command not found
Please help….I did exactly the same and I am using Ubuntu 12.04
Igor · 26 June, 2012 at 15:03
Hi, Abhishek
Did you set ANDROID_HOME variable in your system?
Sounds like you didn’t do this.
Nicolas Defranoux · 1 July, 2012 at 12:23
3 small comments:
You have to replace /opt/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/adb by a path to your android sdk adb if is is not installed there. [obvious but might confuse beginners).
> sudo chmod +x adb
should be before
> sudo update-rc.d adb defaults
I got “insserv: script adb is not an executable regular file, skipped!”
Reboot is not necessary, you can just use:
sudo /etc/init.d/adb restart
Anyway this is awesome, thanks !
Nicolas.