Wow let me just say I'm new to the chromebook world and the only reason I purchased a chromebook was it ran Android apps. How surprised I was when I found out that you couldn't install apks from 3rd party sources. Here it is 2022 and this video still helped me out tremendously. Thank you for your easy to follow instructions. I have install my favorite apps on my new chromebook and now I truly love this chromebook but at first I thought I had made a big mistake buying this thing. Again big ups to you for making me enjoy my device.
You are a living saint and you have my full trust. Huge respect to you my man. I'm sideloading an apk that will help me load a linux iso onto my (non chromebook) computer to recover everything that got lost when it (kinda) corrupted. Basically i set the wrong boot partition and now bios wont even boot. This will be a huge help as i have no other computers.
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCHHHHHH I LOVE YOU I HAVE BEEN TRYING AND TRYING AND TRYINGGGGG AND YOU FINNALY HELPED ME YOU EXPLAINED IT PERFECTLY I LOVE YOU MAN YOUR THE BESTTTTT YOU ARE THE ACTUALL GOAT OF ALL TECH
2024 and this video helped me TREMENDOUSLY!! Thank you so much for TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THIS VIDEO THAT I KNOW HELPS MULTITUDES STILL!! the easy walkthrough tutorial made my day a whole lot easier. so happy now that I can sideload BC Chrome OS playstore STILL DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO DOWNLOAD OR USE CERTAIN APPS ON CHROME BOOKS SO STUPID IF NOT THAT THEY'RE REALLY BUGGY AND BARELY WORK OR CONSTANTLY CRASH SIDELOADING WORKS SO MUCH EASIER EVEN WITH THE EXTRA STEPS!❤ SideNOTE: You can do it on the Asus chrome books now bc they've updated Linux developer mode with Chrustini on pretty much all chrome OS devices unless they're old but the new ones you can use this terminal feature to sideload anything
You explained everything 💯% clear to me and it all worked! This is definitely confirmed working by me in June 2022! Thank you so much and you also got a new subscriber as well.
@@kavellrhoden2400 😂😂 It is the type of reply you would get if the method or situation worked out just fine! It worked out great for me, hopefully it did the same for you!
I downloaded an APK called Happy mod that you can download other apks of mods for games or getting games for completely free but whenever I open it it just immediately closes and by the way I have a Samsung Chromebook so if that's the reason why it's not working please tell me why it's not working on my Samsung Chromebook
It doesn't work simply because it already install apk itself! You can't bypass typing in the normal commands to sideload apk in Terminal. It is required you type in the command in the "Terminal" every apk you sideload!
Thank you man! This works very well for me! Although I do have one question; Is it possible to install an APK file that you have downloaded on one Chromebook account to another using this method or a similar method? In my case, I would like to install an APK file on my secondary account where Crosh, Terminal, etc… are blocked. Would it be possible to type a command into the terminal on my main account that would install my APK file on my secondary account on my Chromebook? Like: “adb install account:(Account Name) file.apk” ? Any feedback would help :)
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work on a Lenovo duet 3, running Chrome OS Version 126.0.6478.132 (Official Build) (64-bit). I have enabled linux from the beginning, I can open a terminal and it works fine. When I try to enable adb, I do get the message about restarting the device, but having tried this 4-5 times now, it just boots up normally, never asks me anything about enabling ADB and the aforementioned setting (which I turned on and selected to reboot) is still disabled. Any ideas?
what if you have obb files to install along side an apk? how do you handle those using linux? can i still just cut and paste them from the download folder to the android>obb files like i would if i was side loading apks like normal in android
I'm not sure about what you mean by your "using linux" question. To your questions about the OBB files though, you should be able to simply cut and paste them from the download folder to the android>obb folder. The process isn't all that different from how it is in Android.
@@OctillionthTech what do you mean you dont understand my "your using linux" question? This entire video is how to sideload apk files using linux. You answered my question though i can cut and paste any obb files from my download folder into android>obb folder just as i would if i would when i sideload apps and games in android, thank you
I know it has been 3 years since you've posted this video. It's worked for me in the past but it's not working now, I've copied exactly what you've said before and once I enter adb install app.apk it says add command not found. I'm useless with computers so any help would be really appreciated! Thank you
whenever I run the thing from terminal it says "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct problem." so I don't know what to do
Have you tried doing what the terminal is suggesting by running "sudo dkpg --configure -a" in the terminal? Cause that should solve the error that you're running into.
trying to install the abd tool but I get a error saying unable to locate package android-tools-abd is there any how I can fix this I'm not sure why I'm receiving that error
Friend, help me, save me from this, I had entered developer mode in the menu and then I regretted it because everything was going to be deleted, but when I reactivated the os verification, it came out, your device will restart and all the data, help me how to restore it or recover everything :(
Hey i have been trying to install xiaomi notes.apk onto my chromebook through adb install but keeps getting missing shared library micloud-sdk, any solution how to fix? Or install any xiaomi apps?
Hello I followed your instructions and everything went well. I installed apps everything is ok. But now if I try to install app I got this error Performing Stream install. What could be the problem.
Please forgive me as I am a complete newbie when it comes to using Linux but where do I find the app I want if I'm not installing it straight from the Appstore
hey bro i need to know if you can make a vid discussing about the problems that you might encounter when doing the adb install command? i would really appreaciate it. p.s. i encountered a problem
Broadly speaking, it just means that ADB's going through with the sideloading/installing of the APK. Unless it shows an error after this message, it's not really a problem.
Some Chromebooks (they tend to be Chromebooks that came out in 2017 or before) do not have that option for some reason. If you can't find "Develop Android app...", then that probably means this method of sideloading will not work for your Chromebook.
Well, just because an app *can* be installed doesn't mean that it'll always work on your Chromebook when it is installed. There's a bit of a hit n miss factor with sideloading android apps in Chrome OS.
Firstly, the command in the video is "android-tools-adb". Not "andorid-tools-adb". Secondly, you don't have to use that long command to install ADB anymore. You can now install it with the simple "sudo apt-get install adb" command.
I tried to install Call of Duty Mobile in that way. But it doesn't work. Anyone knows how to install it? Do I have to turn the developer mode on? Will it work in that way? Thank you
Wow let me just say I'm new to the chromebook world and the only reason I purchased a chromebook was it ran Android apps. How surprised I was when I found out that you couldn't install apks from 3rd party sources. Here it is 2022 and this video still helped me out tremendously. Thank you for your easy to follow instructions. I have install my favorite apps on my new chromebook and now I truly love this chromebook but at first I thought I had made a big mistake buying this thing. Again big ups to you for making me enjoy my device.
After watching several other tutorials, this was the ONLY method that worked for me, thank you so much!!
You are a living saint and you have my full trust. Huge respect to you my man.
I'm sideloading an apk that will help me load a linux iso onto my (non chromebook) computer to recover everything that got lost when it (kinda) corrupted. Basically i set the wrong boot partition and now bios wont even boot. This will be a huge help as i have no other computers.
Thanks for this! Followed your instructions and was able to sideload an APK with no issues!
Finally!! Someone who has explained this well and it works...Thank you 👍 I've been wanting to figure this out for a while.
I really appreciate this precise and thorough tutorial on how to download Android apps on my Chrome OS. Very easy, Thanks a million!
This is amazing I never thought I could get the games without develpor mode tysm
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCHHHHHH I LOVE YOU I HAVE BEEN TRYING AND TRYING AND TRYINGGGGG AND YOU FINNALY HELPED ME YOU EXPLAINED IT PERFECTLY I LOVE YOU MAN YOUR THE BESTTTTT YOU ARE THE ACTUALL GOAT OF ALL TECH
Much clearer than any other tutorial!
Very concise and the most good tutorial out there. Kuddos
2024 and this video helped me TREMENDOUSLY!!
Thank you so much for TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THIS VIDEO THAT I KNOW HELPS MULTITUDES STILL!!
the easy walkthrough tutorial made my day a whole lot easier. so happy now that I can sideload BC Chrome OS playstore STILL DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO DOWNLOAD OR USE CERTAIN APPS ON CHROME BOOKS SO STUPID IF NOT THAT THEY'RE REALLY BUGGY AND BARELY WORK OR CONSTANTLY CRASH SIDELOADING WORKS SO MUCH EASIER EVEN WITH THE EXTRA STEPS!❤
SideNOTE: You can do it on the Asus chrome books now bc they've updated Linux developer mode with Chrustini on pretty much all chrome OS devices unless they're old but the new ones you can use this terminal feature to sideload anything
This video is Great, Thanks for posting it as it made the process SO Easy!!
I've tried but it says: "adb connect error for write: no devices/emulator found". Chrome OS is depressing
This kind of explanation is what people are looking for... Worth watching.
After following these steps, and having succes installing and running the game. You pulled out the chromebook I got too^^
Anyway. It worked.
Thank you
Finally Like IT Take so Long to find a good tutorial
Thank you sir, 1000 thumbs up. It worked just as you described it with your step-by-step tutorial. Thank you very much.
Thanks O.T. This video was very helpful for sideloading, I have other chromebooks in the household that I will be able to use this on
Great instructional Vid!!! Solved my issue of trying to install the office on a newly brought Chromebook
You explained everything 💯% clear to me and it all worked! This is definitely confirmed working by me in June 2022! Thank you so much and you also got a new subscriber as well.
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@@kavellrhoden2400 😂😂 It is the type of reply you would get if the method or situation worked out just fine! It worked out great for me, hopefully it did the same for you!
dang it worked I looked at another tutorial but it didn't let so this was so helpful
thanks man i was lookin for a video for this and yours came up.
Thanks bro it really work for my chrome book huge respect for you 👍
thanks, very clear explanation. it was very useful.
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OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS WORKS SO MUCH
Sweet, this was very helpful!
Why didn't I found this video first..... I can't explain how thankful I am, finally done what I wanted 😁
what have on developer mode?
bruh whan i saw that this works I shade a single tire- am really happy man thanks a lot and,amma subscribe.
I downloaded an APK called Happy mod that you can download other apks of mods for games or getting games for completely free but whenever I open it it just immediately closes and by the way I have a Samsung Chromebook so if that's the reason why it's not working please tell me why it's not working on my Samsung Chromebook
It doesn't work simply because it already install apk itself! You can't bypass typing in the normal commands to sideload apk in Terminal. It is required you type in the command in the "Terminal" every apk you sideload!
It worked!!!!!! You are so damn amazing… Thank you so much!!!!!
Works perfectly. Big thanks!
Thanks. You have a nice soothing voice.
Thank you man! This works very well for me! Although I do have one question; Is it possible to install an APK file that you have downloaded on one Chromebook account to another using this method or a similar method? In my case, I would like to install an APK file on my secondary account where Crosh, Terminal, etc… are blocked. Would it be possible to type a command into the terminal on my main account that would install my APK file on my secondary account on my Chromebook? Like: “adb install account:(Account Name) file.apk” ?
Any feedback would help :)
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Amazing, thank you so much for this 👏
You are a life saver my brother. Thanks very much
I have chomebook toshiba vercion 13 and i am not seeing it????
That's a pretty old Chromebook now. Did it get the linux app running feature?
nice it worked perfectly thank you
I am getting the error ' no device of emulators found ' what am i doing wrong?
I keep getting error No devices/Emulators found. Could you help me with this?
You have to enable ADB debugging and restart your chromebook!
@@xboxxperience The setting does not appear what do I do?
@@jobro_4077 did u even watch the video. U need to enable ADB debugging
@@animestudent3885bruhhhh the setting doesnt appear
@@jobro_4077 some models don't have that setting available
Thanks for helping 🙏🏻
i dont have develop apps option even tho i followed everything on tutorial can anyone help me?
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work on a Lenovo duet 3, running Chrome OS Version 126.0.6478.132 (Official Build) (64-bit). I have enabled linux from the beginning, I can open a terminal and it works fine. When I try to enable adb, I do get the message about restarting the device, but having tried this 4-5 times now, it just boots up normally, never asks me anything about enabling ADB and the aforementioned setting (which I turned on and selected to reboot) is still disabled. Any ideas?
thanks a lot. and pretty good detailed tutorial. thank you.
what if you have obb files to install along side an apk? how do you handle those using linux? can i still just cut and paste them from the download folder to the android>obb files like i would if i was side loading apks like normal in android
I'm not sure about what you mean by your "using linux" question. To your questions about the OBB files though, you should be able to simply cut and paste them from the download folder to the android>obb folder. The process isn't all that different from how it is in Android.
@@OctillionthTech what do you mean you dont understand my "your using linux" question? This entire video is how to sideload apk files using linux. You answered my question though i can cut and paste any obb files from my download folder into android>obb folder just as i would if i would when i sideload apps and games in android, thank you
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There's no develope android apps option on my acer Chromebook r11
It's too old 😢
Thank you so much. it's really helpful🙌🙌🙌🙌😊😊😊
I know it has been 3 years since you've posted this video. It's worked for me in the past but it's not working now, I've copied exactly what you've said before and once I enter adb install app.apk it says add command not found. I'm useless with computers so any help would be really appreciated! Thank you
sheesh it works !!!
Im on an HP chromebook and the develop android apps option is not showing up. why's that?
Same here too
Maybe you used a school account at once
thank you so much you just got a new sub
whenever I run the thing from terminal it says "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct problem." so I don't know what to do
Have you tried doing what the terminal is suggesting by running "sudo dkpg --configure -a" in the terminal? Cause that should solve the error that you're running into.
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trying to install the abd tool but I get a error saying unable to locate package android-tools-abd is there any how I can fix this I'm not sure why I'm receiving that error
Its adb bruh 😮
Friend, help me, save me from this, I had entered developer mode in the menu and then I regretted it because everything was going to be deleted, but when I reactivated the os verification, it came out, your device will restart and all the data, help me how to restore it or recover everything :(
I get this error
adb: connect error for write: no devices/emulators found
Have you tried rebooting the Chromebook? That can fix this problem sometimes.
Omg tysm!! this works!!
when ever i try to install the apk it doesn’t work it can’t find a emulator or something
Bro even after restarting I am unable to enable ADB debugging. I have tried it many times but it doesn't work.
Which Chromebook do you have? Some Chromebooks (especially older ones) doesn't have this ADB debugging capability at all.
@@OctillionthTech I have Asus Celeron Dual Core (C423NA)
I don't really know to to differentiate chromebooks.
Oh well I just had to switch channel
I followed all steps and success in each step but I get the Turn on Chrome OS Developer mode error when I attempt to open the app please help
mine says no devices/emulators found what should i do
Enable ADB debugging in the Linux option and click Restart!
finally someone speaking normal 😅
Thanks for this!
I do not get the prompt abouting allowing USB Debugging. This is what I got instead. "Adb no write, no devices/emulators found."
Have you tried rebooting the device and trying the command again? Sometimes you need to do another reboot to get this to work.
@@OctillionthTech Yes.
Hey i have been trying to install xiaomi notes.apk onto my chromebook through adb install but keeps getting missing shared library micloud-sdk, any solution how to fix? Or install any xiaomi apps?
very helpful video. thank you
Hello I followed your instructions and everything went well. I installed apps everything is ok. But now if I try to install app I got this error Performing Stream install. What could be the problem.
Please forgive me as I am a complete newbie when it comes to using Linux but where do I find the app I want if I'm not installing it straight from the Appstore
I con not olso update
why does it say E: Unable to locate package android-tool-adb
how does it work for Acer13? i tried everything I can nothing worked,can someone help me out?
Acer13? There are a few Chromebooks from Acer that have some kind "13" label attached to it. Can you specify which model you have?
hey bro i need to know if you can make a vid discussing about the problems that you might encounter when doing the adb install command? i would really appreaciate it. p.s. i encountered a problem
Thanks brooooo🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 clean 🤝🏼
thank you so much man
Whenever i try to install it always says failed to stat .apk: No such file or directory
Hmm... Are you sure you're entering the right apk file? Like is it actually "stat . apk" and not some other name?
@@OctillionthTech It was some other name sorry.
Does the application user the 2GB space you have set up or does it use the other part of the partition?
If by application, you mean ADB then yes. It only uses the 2GB (or whatever GB space you set up for linux application).
After five minutes and 58 second mark it said bash ABD command not found
thanks its work
thank you sooooo much god u dont know what you did thank you!
What should I do when Chromebook don't show devolop Android app
Then your Chromebook doesn't support this method of sideloading Android apps.
Never got the develop android apps section
I have a lenovo cromebook and everytime i try it says "E:Unable to locate package android-tools-abd"
its adb
@@thealpha9485 Well, users for long time HAVE to lose their data like that (unless stored on a SD card), so technicaly this is better.
What does it mean when it says preforming streamed install?
Broadly speaking, it just means that ADB's going through with the sideloading/installing of the APK. Unless it shows an error after this message, it's not really a problem.
with the last update i have no problem installing any android apps.
Thanks for the tutorial!
Just wondering how would you return it back to its original version again?
What do you mean by "original version"?
Do you just disable ADB debugging and everything will return back to normal?
@@will9678 Yes, but do keep in mind that disabling debugging will powerwash/factory reset the device.
does it reset your device data?
Enabling ADB debugging? No. This method doesn't reset your device data.
I followed your steps and get success but app does not appear in my chromebook. Any Ideas?
epic you a real one
My problem is there's no Develop Android app option on my Hp Chromebook
Some Chromebooks (they tend to be Chromebooks that came out in 2017 or before) do not have that option for some reason. If you can't find "Develop Android app...", then that probably means this method of sideloading will not work for your Chromebook.
Got to the last bit and when trying to install it says emulator not found in the terminal
Do you know what model Chromebook you're using?
thank u bruh sooooo much
i dont have that devoloper option
As I mentioned in the video, there are certain Chromebooks that don't have this developers option. A lot of the time it tends to be older Chromebooks.
@@OctillionthTech Thanks but i can't get minecraft :((((((((((((((((((((((
wait it downloads the app but when I try to open the app it wont open
Well, just because an app *can* be installed doesn't mean that it'll always work on your Chromebook when it is installed. There's a bit of a hit n miss factor with sideloading android apps in Chrome OS.
Thanks, will try this on Chrome Os Flex.
You can't use this method with Chrome OS flex, because Chrome OS Flex doesn't currently support Android apps.
thanks but when i install epic games store i cant install apps
Unable to locate package andorid-tools-adb how to fix?
Firstly, the command in the video is "android-tools-adb". Not "andorid-tools-adb".
Secondly, you don't have to use that long command to install ADB anymore. You can now install it with the simple "sudo apt-get install adb" command.
I've lenovo chrome book.. Will enabling ADB erase my data everything?
No. Enabling ADB will not erase your data.
I tried to install Call of Duty Mobile in that way. But it doesn't work. Anyone knows how to install it? Do I have to turn the developer mode on? Will it work in that way? Thank you
Which Chromebook are you trying to do this on?
@@OctillionthTech thank you for your answer. The Lenovo Chromebook Duet.