Android Studio does not have write access

Question

I am using android studio 3.4.2. When I try to update the android studio it says

"Studio does not have write access to /app/extra. Please Run it by a privileged user to update"

How to solve it?

Answer 1

I would suggest setting up your current user as the owner of Android Studio

Linux

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /usr/bin/android-studio

Mac

sudo chown -R $USER /Applications/Android\ Studio.app

or if you using android studio portable then you can use custom path like this.

sudo chown -R $USER: pathDirOfYourAndroidStudio/Android\ Studio\ Preview.app

Answer 2

I would suggest to set your current user as owner of /usr/bin/android-studio

This will resolve the issue in long term:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /usr/bin/android-studio