How to install Genymotion on Ubuntu.

Genymotion is an android virtual emulator which comes with per-configured android x86 with OpenGL hardware acceleration image, suitable for app testing.

If you want to run any mobile apps such as Facebook in your android emulator. Genymotion is one of the best android emulator compared to others because genymeiton have more features then other emulators.

 

Genymotion Feature

1. Custom devices

2. Command line tool

3. Java API

4. Customizable IMEI, MEID, Android ID

5. OpenGL acceleration

1. Genymotion Prerequisites 

 Make Sure, Your system have virtualbox installed before proceeding to genymotion installation because virtualbox is mandatory to run genymotion.

2. Download Genymotion

There is no direct download link for genymotion. First You need to signup into genymotion then download the file for Ubuntu.

3. Genymotion Installation

We know that the third party application or software should go to /opt dirtectory. So first of all we will move the download file from /home/user/download to /opt directory then start the installation by using the following commands.

[Move the downloaded file to /opt directory]
# mv genymotion-2.3.1_x64.bin /opt

[Set executable permission]
# chmod +x genymotion-2.3.1_x64.bin

[Install genymotion by running the file]
# ./genymotion-2.3.1_x64.bin

[Navigate into genymotion directory]
# cd genymotion

[launch the genymotion]
# ./genymotion