# Quick Setting Up Your Development Environment for Flutter

> Flutter, a powerful and versatile framework for building cross-platform applications, requires a well-configured development environment to unleash its full potential. In this guide, we'll walk you through the step-by-step process of setting up your development environment for Flutter on both Windows and Linux machines.

- Author: [Azraf Al Monzim](https://monzim.com/)
- Published: 2022-09-11
- Updated: 2026-06-13
- Topic: Flutter & Dart
- Canonical: https://monzim.com/blog/how-to-setup-development-environment-for-flutter

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## Requirements

Before diving into the installation process, ensure that your system meets the following prerequisites:

- JDK version 11+
- Android Toolchain (for Android Studio)
- Google Chrome (for web development)
- Visual Studio (optional, for Windows app development)
- CMake (for Linux app development)
- Git 2.x+
- Flutter SDK

## Setting Up on Windows

### Operating System and Disk Space

- Windows 10 or later (64-bit), x86-64 based.
- Minimum 1.64 GB of available disk space (excluding IDE/tools).

### Installing Java (OpenJDK)

1.  Download and install OpenJDK for Windows.
2.  Alternatively, you can use the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK.
3.  Add the bin path to the environment.
4.  Optionally, install OpenJDK with the Windows Package Manager (Winget) for Windows 10 and 11.

```bash
java
```

### Installing and Configuring Git

1.  Download and install Git with default settings.
2.  Optionally, use Winget for installation.

```bash
git --version

git config --global user.name "your_name"

git config --global user.email "your_email@example.com"
```

### Installing Android Studio

1.  Download and install Android Studio.

### Getting the Flutter SDK (Windows Install)

1.  Install Flutter SDK using Git.

```bash
git clone https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git -b stable
```

2.  Update your PATH variable.

```bash
flutter doctor -v
```

## Setting Up on Linux

### System Requirements

- Linux (64-bit)
- Minimum 600 MB of available disk space (excluding IDE/tools).
- Required tools: bash, curl, file, git 2.X, mkdir, rm, unzip, which, xz-utils, zip.
- Shared library: libGLU.so.1 (provided by mesa packages).

### Installing Java (OpenJDK)

#### Debian

```bash
sudo apt install default-jdk
```

#### Arch

```bash
sudo pacman -S jdk-openjdk
```

### Installing and Configuring Git

#### Debian

```bash
sudo apt update sudo apt install git-all
```

#### Arch

```bash
sudo pacman -S git
```

```bash
git config --global user.name "your_name"
git config --global user.email "your_email@example.com"
```

### Installing Android Studio

1.  Install required libraries for 64-bit machines.

#### Debian

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

#### Fedora

```bash
sudo yum install zlib.i686 ncurses-libs.i686 bzip2-libs.i686
```

2.  Download the .tar.gz file and unpack it.

```bash
sudo ./studio.sh
```

### Getting the Flutter SDK

1.  Navigate to the desired folder (e.g., /opt/) and clone Flutter.

```bash
git clone https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git -b stable
```

2.  Add Flutter SDK to your .bash profile.

```bash
export PATH="$PATH:`pwd`/flutter/bin"
```

3.  Check Flutter installation.

```bash
flutter doctor -v
```

Now that your development environment is set up, you’re ready to embark on your Flutter development journey. Happy coding!