On Android Studio 2.2.3 Gradle sync failed: Cause: error=13, Permission denied on Linux Mint 18

Question

On Android Studio 2.2.3 when I am creating a new project or opening previous projects then the following pop ups:

Gradle sync started 7:55:26 AM Gradle sync failed: Cause: error=13, Permission denied Consult IDE log for more details (Help | Show Log)

what should I do? Please help. This is important.

Answer 1

On Android Studio folder, do

chmod 777 * -R

I think this not the best answer but it worked for me.

Answer 2

I solved this by going to the directory that contained the android-studio folder, which in my case was /usr/local i.e cd /usr/local then I ran:

sudo chmod 755 -R android-studio

It even fixed my font not displaying properly.

I'm using ubuntu 18.04