In this article we provide you straight forward and simple steps on How To Install Android SDK on your Linux Distro for development on Eclipse.

Download Install and Update SDK

1. Download Latest SDK from developer.android.com
2. Extract the folder in your (user) Home Directory
3. Start the SDK 
   • "./android-sdk-linux_*/tools/android"
4. Set proxy in Settings if required (You have to run the SDK from Terminal initially to get the option of settings of proxy)
5. Force HTTPS if it still doesn’t work.
6. Then run the update optionally this can be done via eclipse once ADT is installed. Refer to it below.

*Most of the steps below are similar for Windows OS as-well