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Android Studio on startup: "Missing essential plugin: org.jetbrains.android. Please reinstall Android Studio from scratch."

I can’t open Android Studio 2020.3.1 Arctic Fox. On Kubuntu 20.04. An error pops up:

"Missing essential plugin:

  org.jetbrains.android

Please reinstall Android Studio from scratch."

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So far I have tried:

  • reinstallation + restart
  • Linux: ~/.local/share/Google/AndroidStudio4.2
  • rm -rf AndroidStudio4.2
  • rm -rf AndroidStudio2020.3
  • I tried to delete the file disabled_plugins.txt but for me, it does not occur.

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I use toolbox-app.

UPDATE:

I installed a newer version (Android Studio 2021.1.1 Canary 6) and everything is working fine.

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  1. 0

    Well, I am a linux user too, Ubuntu user.
    Is their Ubuntu Software or any other Software Store in Kubuntu? If yes, try installing Android Studio from there.

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  2. 0

    I faced this issue on AndroidStudio2020.3 version on Mac OS and I resolved it by doing these below steps:

    • Go to /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google/AndroidStudio2020.3

    • Give the "ls -l" command to see the list of files and check if the "disabled_plugins.txt" file is present

    • if present delete the file by running "rm -Rf disabled_update.txt" command and this should fix the Missing essential plugin error for android studio.

    • Launch android studio and it should be running smoothly now.

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  3. 0
    • Go to ./.config/Google with cd ./.config/Google.
    • Remove AndroidStudio2020.3 with the command :
      rm -r AndroidStudio2020.3.
    • Run ./studio.sh and now it should work correctly
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  4. 0

    On Macbook.

    Followed the steps of ChandraGudimetla. Deleting the file did not work.

    So I deleted the whole AndroidStudio directory. That worked.

    i.e. Go to /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google/AndroidStudio2020.3. [or whatever version is there]

    From Majda post…for my version of AndroidStudio:

    rm -r AndroidStudio2020.1

    I had two versions Bumble and AndroidStudio4.1. Deleted both directories.

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