Android studio error: An error occurred while trying to compute required packages

Question

I'm trying to install the latest Android Studio on a MacBook pro 2015

Unfortunately I get this error:

An error occurred while trying to compute required packages.

Here a screenshot of the error:

which is not very informative. What's causing the problem?

EDIT

This is the exception I get when I run the application from the terminal:

[  33666]   WARN - e.wizard.InstallComponentsPath - Dependant package with key emulator not found! 
com.android.tools.idea.sdk.wizard.SdkQuickfixUtils$PackageResolutionException: Dependant package with key emulator not found!
    at com.android.tools.idea.sdk.wizard.SdkQuickfixUtils.resolve(SdkQuickfixUtils.java:261)
    at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.install.ComponentInstaller.getPackagesToInstall(ComponentInstaller.java:51)
    at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.wizard.InstallComponentsPath.lambda$init$0(InstallComponentsPath.java:195)
    at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.wizard.InstallSummaryStep.generateSummary(InstallSummaryStep.java:115)
    at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.wizard.InstallSummaryStep.onEnterStep(InstallSummaryStep.java:106)
    at com.android.tools.idea.wizard.dynamic.DynamicWizardPath.next(DynamicWizardPath.java:311)
    at com.android.tools.idea.wizard.dynamic.DynamicWizardPath.next(DynamicWizardPath.java:58)
    at com.android.tools.idea.wizard.dynamic.DynamicWizard.showNextStep(DynamicWizard.java:346)
    at com.android.tools.idea.wizard.dynamic.DynamicWizard.doNextAction(DynamicWizard.java:336)
    at com.android.tools.idea.welcome.wizard.FirstRunWizardHost$NextAction.actionPerformed(FirstRunWizardHost.java:385)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2348)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:252)
    at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6533)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3324)
    at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6298)
    at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2236)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4889)
    at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2294)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4888)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4525)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4466)
    at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2280)
    at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2746)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:90)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:731)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:729)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)
    at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.defaultDispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:795)
    at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:627)
    at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:387)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)

EDIT

Google has fixed the bug. Just download the new installer and everything should be fine

I'm suddenly getting the same problem. I can't seemingly install Android Studio have just deleted it and trying to re-install it. I've even tried installing version 2.2.0 but the same problem. — Darren, Mar 11 '17 at 10:38
Not really. I've deleted all working directories and tried again, but nothing is working. Hopefully someone will have a solution to this soon ... as it's pretty frustrating. It was working yesterday. Then, when it tried to update to the latest version, I started having MAJOR problems saying it couldn't update due to conflicts - hence uninstalling and trying to re-install. I'll not be doing that again any time soon! — Darren, Mar 11 '17 at 10:53
Terminal output says "Dependant package with key emulator not found!", not much of a hint I guess. — Krzysztof Kansy, Mar 11 '17 at 11:23
Possible duplicate of [dependant package with key emulator not found while updating android SDK and tools](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/42732684/dependant-package-with-key-emulator-not-found-while-updating-android-sdk-and-too) — gnat, Mar 11 '17 at 12:29
Looks like the issue is resolved. No workaround is needed anymore. — Safwan, Mar 12 '17 at 05:13

score 15 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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Update:

There's a manual workaround!

As per post https://stackoverflow.com/a/42733510/7694425 :

Download the command line tools, place them in the SDK folder (e.g., on mac: /Users/user/Library/Android/sdk), and then add the bin folder to the PATH.
Install the latest platform: in a terminal, execute sdkmanager "platforms;android-25"
Open Android Studio, and go to the SDK Manager (Appearance and Behavior > System Settings > Android SDK)
Click on "Edit", and then select the sdk folder. Then "Next" > "Next" > "Finish".

Still, it doesn't resolve the missing emulator package therefore the Android SDK tools can't be updated since it's a dependency. But Android studio works and you can download other packages.

Looking forward to a better solution.

Update 2:

Solution to emulator package issue!

After digging in the repo's XML for a while I've spotted the issue.

It turns out that the "emulator" package is only in channel 3 (canary) while the "tools" package is in channel 0 (stable) but depends on "emulator". The solution is to force the manager to download the "emulator" package from channel 3:

./sdkmanager --channel=3 emulator

Problem solved!

Previous answer:

The same problem here.

Twitted @androidstudio too. Hopefully someone in a position to fix this will notice.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Mar 11 '17 at 12:20

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@gianlucaghettini Did you manage to update Android SDK Tools? – Charlie_Mtz Mar 11 '17 at 12:47
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The CLI tools only work when they're in the sub-directory named 'tools'. (eg. /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk/tools) - so don't move them out of the directory in the .ZIP! – Jamie Mar 11 '17 at 14:01
@Charlie_Mtz Thanks for help! In my case I had to additionally install SDK Platform-tools since they were not install after applying the workaround. – Krzysztof Kansy Mar 11 '17 at 14:32
@KrzysztofKansy I executed the installation wizard after running the sdkmanager since I had deleted every trace of Android Studio in my computer in an attempt to force it to behave. I guess that's what would download the platform tools among other initialisation. – Charlie_Mtz Mar 11 '17 at 14:50
On Ubuntu the configure button was hidden, so I had to change my Display scaling to get the button so I could change the SDK location – Honest Objections Mar 11 '17 at 15:26
Solution to emulator package issue! is solved thank you http://stackoverflow.com/a/42737696/5133603 – ankit Mar 11 '17 at 16:32
Update 3: this should be fixed on the server side now (https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=244956) – Tor Norbye Mar 13 '17 at 17:22
It is said to download the command line tools. But from where shall I download the supposed command line tools? The Android Studio site only contains different versions of Android Studio for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS. I don't see any command line tools there. Can someone please clarify? Also, please explain how to execute sdkmanager in Windows 7 command prompt. Shall I run it in the default prompt of CMD, or shall I have to cd to some other directory? Android Studio's installation process is undesirably complicated. Google must look into it. – priyamtheone Mar 30 '21 at 18:02

Tor Norbye · Answer 2 · 2017-03-12T16:43:52.730

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Updated: It should be fixed now.

This is https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=244956 -- we're working on a hotfix.

edited Mar 12 '17 at 16:43

answered Mar 12 '17 at 04:09

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 11 '17 at 12:36

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After lot of struggling I made it work. Here my solution

When I get the "An error occurred while trying to compute required packages" error I just clicked "finished" and then I went to the main Android Studio page:

Then I selected Configure -> SDK manager and I launched the SDK installation from there

Reopened Android Studio and everything was ok

Really, really embarrassing for a software which used to be very good. You can feel the "bloatness" of Eclipse creeping in

answered Mar 11 '17 at 12:36

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Not working this way... When I select SDK manager and try to click on Android SDK 'Edit' link, SDK Android name appears, I click Next, and same error occurs... – dcalap Mar 11 '17 at 12:51

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 14 '17 at 04:36

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Install these packages and then check it and also set JAVA_HOME for jdk. It worked for me. For more information see this link.

sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 libbz2-1.0:i386

edited Mar 14 '17 at 04:36

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answered Mar 12 '17 at 04:53

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 12 '17 at 08:57

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I downloaded the setup again, it's working now, I am able to install it.

answered Mar 12 '17 at 08:57

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 18 '17 at 00:49

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I was getting this error on Arch Linux because the SDK setup wizard ran out of space on /tmp, which is a tmpfs.

Another question with a similar error and same possible cause: Android studio- “SDK tools directory is missing”

answered Nov 18 '17 at 00:49

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