Android Studio fails to install update (error : Failed to read or create install properties file.)

问题

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I am running [ Android Studio 2.3 Build #AI-162.3764568, built on February 24, 2017 JRE: 1.8.0_112-release-b06 amd64 JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o] on Ubuntu 16.04. From last few days android studio gives me error on trying to update. I have no idea how to fix this.

回答1:

I ran the Android studio as administrator and then it worked as it is a permission issue.

回答2:

chmod 777 $ANDROID_HOME -R is not a good solution like @spark mentioned.

I solved it by setting ownership to myself

sudo chown $USER:$USER $ANDROID_HOME -R

回答3:

Problem Solved!

The permission of my Android directory was set to write only by root so android-studio was unable to write any changes. I changed the permissions to 777 and it fixed the problem.

Thanks for Help anyways.

回答4:

Delete old version
Reboot
Install new version

hope this helps :)

回答5:

for macos:

sudo chmod -R 777 ~/Library/Android

回答6:

If you are on a *nix system, you should locate $ANDROID_HOME. Mine is installed inside /opt. Given that this directory belongs to root, you will need to invoke sudo before running your command.