Unable to create Debug Bridge Unable to detect adb version. Syntax error: ")" Upgrading Platform-tools 23.0.1 to 23.1.0 Linux-32 bit causes Issue

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Bhavesh Patadiya picture Bhavesh Patadiya · Dec 12, 2015 · Viewed 7.4k times · Source

I updated Platform-tools from 23.0.1 to 23.1.0 and found some of the Android integration broke.

I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit with android-sdk_r24.4.1, with both android-studio (141.2456560) installed.

While executing adb command it keeps on saying below message :

Unable to create Debug Bridge: Unable to start adb server: Unable to detect adb version, adb output: /home/bhavesh/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/adb: 1: /home/bhavesh/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/adb: Syntax error: ")" unexpected

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Answer

Bhavesh Patadiya picture Bhavesh Patadiya · Dec 12, 2015

OK. after some research found that reason for this is because

android-sdk-linux/platform-tools content is 32-bit ELF in 23.0.1 but 64-bit ELF in 23.1_rc1 and 23.1.0. So, several functions in android-studio (and I assume eclipse+ADT as well) fail because of the attempt to run 64-bit executables.

This issue has already been raised HERE

Also, as per the official comment given by google project member parts of the platform-tools will support 64 bit Ubuntu OS only from 23.1.0 onwards.

Platform-tools 23.1.0 OR onwards will not work on Ubuntu 32-bit OS. Developer needs to upgrade Ubuntu OS to 64-bit to make it work.

That eventually means we only have possible two workarounds now :

1. Stick with Platform-tool 23.0.1 as of now. and DO NOT UPGRADE platform-tools to 23.1.0 or above

2. Change your Ubuntu OS to 64-bit instead of 32-bit.

I hope this would help someone.

download sdk platform-tool 23.0.1 from this link

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