| Genymotion is one of the most popular Android Emulators to run / debug your android apps, and Genymotion is free. Most android developers use Genymotion during application development. If you do not want to test the app on the device.

Genymotion feature

1. Camera: Using webcam camera laptop as Android camera in Genymotion.
2. Plugins / Testing Tools: Genymotion is compatible with Android SDK Tools, Eclipse, and Android Studio
3. GPS: GPS Widgets to develop and test geolocation-based apps with ease
4. Runs on various platforms like Linux, Windows, Mac OS X

System Requirements

1. OpenGL 2.0 capable graphic card, with up-to-date drivers
2. VT-x or AMD-V capable CPU enabled in BIOS settings
3. At least 2GB of RAM

How to Install Genymotion in Ubuntu Linux

To install genymotion follow the easy steps below.

1. Download Genymotion from Genymotion website.
   Then open the terminal (Ctrl + alt + t) and type the command below to install VirtualBox.

sudo apt-get install virtualbox

1. Now go to the location of the downloaded Genymotion file, and run the chmod command as below.
   cd Downloads /
chmod + x genymotion-2.2.2_x64.bin

2. After that run Genymotion installer.
   ./genymotion-2.2.2_x64.bin

3. Now genymotion is already in your computer. You can search for it by typing Genymotion.
   

   

4. Then open the newly installed Genymotion. We will download the virtual device. Click Yes in the dialog box that appears.
   

   

5. Select the available Android Device Android.
   

   

6. Genymotion select virtual device android
   

   

7. Install the desired Virtual deviceInstall virtual device
   

   

8. After the installation is complete, the emulator will run the newly installed Android device.
   

   

That's how easy to install Genymotion on linux and ubuntu. Good luck, good luck.

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