How to install Flutter, Android Studio, and Visual Studio Code in Ubuntu

Step 1: Install Flutter

1.1 Download, Extract, and Move to a Folder

• Download the Flutter zip from the official site
• Unzip the files at the current Downloads directors. This will create:

/home/your-ubuntu-username/Downloads/flutter_linux_3.0.5-stable

• From the flutter_linux_3.0.5-stable directory, move the flutter folder to the Downloads folder so that you have:

/home/your-ubuntu-username/Downloads/flutter

1.2 Set up bashrc

• In your terminal, enter:

sudo nano ~/.bashrc

• At the bottom, insert:

export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/Downloads/flutter/bin"

• Exit nano with Ctrl + x then save
• In the terminal, type flutter -h to test if the directory was referenced

Step 2: Install Android Studio

Android Studio is needed for the Android SDK.

• The SDK is needed for the emulator
• The emulator is needed to test the app on devices

2.1 Download, Extract, and Move to a Folder

• Download the Android Studio SDK zip from the official site
• Unzip the files
• Afterwards, the extracted files would be in

/home/your-ubuntu-username/Downloads/android-studio

2.2 Set up bashrc

• In your terminal, enter:

sudo nano ~/.bashrc

• At the bottom, insert:

export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/Downloads/android-studio/jre/bin/java"

• Exit nano with Ctrl + x then save

• In your terminal, cd into

/home/your-ubuntu-username/Downloads/android-studio/bin

• Run sh studio.sh

2.3 Set up Android Studio

• In Android Studio, click Tools --> Create desktop entry..
• Go to File --> Settings --> Plugins
• Select Marketplace
• Choose and install Flutter

Step 3: Install Visual Studio Code

• Download the .deb file from the official site
• Double-click the .deb file