Linux - Pepper Emulator - Android Studio Post Installation Steps

Unfortunately, the emulator for Pepper only works reliably under Linux, but unfortunately not out of the box here either. After the regular installation, a few more steps are required to get the emulator running reliably.

I am using Ubuntu 22.04.1 at this time and cannot guarantee that it will run on other distributions.

1. Install Android Studio and Follow the Steps on the getting started page -> QiSDK Getting Started
2. Install KVM

   • sudo apt install qemu-kvm

     
     

3. Add yourself to the kvm group

   • sudo adduser yourusername kvm

     
     

4. Relink the correct libraries
   1. Navigate to the API lib folder

      • cd /home/$USER/.local/share/Softbank Robotics/RobotSDK/API 7/tools/lib

        
        

   2. Back up the old library

      • mv libz.so.1 libz.so.1.bak

        
        

   3. Relink the System one 

      • ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so libz.so.1

        
        

5. Restart Android Studio & start the Emulator

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