Android Install apk using busybox command-line

android command-line installation apk busybox
user820688 picture user820688 · Dec 1, 2011 · Viewed 19.8k times · Source

I want to install apk silently in android phone, I have found this solution (Link), is how to install apk using busybox command line, but when i tape busybox install path/to/apkfile, it does not work, can someone help me by giving some examples please.

Answer

patthoyts picture patthoyts · Dec 1, 2011

The command line program that does this is pm: package manager. So try pm install apkfile If you run the command with no arguments it will print out some help text. I don't know how silent it will be - but then you should not be hiding installs from the end user anyway.

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