# Executing libPVRTexLib.so from Java Android

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**Created:** [October 16, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/executing-libpvrtexlib-so-from-java-android/3451 "2021-10-16T03:11:15Z")
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### Author: ![Samuel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Samuel](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/Samuel)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/executing-libpvrtexlib-so-from-java-android/3451/1 "2021-10-16T03:11:15Z")

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Hi Joe, How to execute libPVRTexLib.so from java with commandline options?  
Im running on Android arm64-v8a

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### Author: ![shaun.heald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@shaun.heald](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/shaun.heald)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2021, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/executing-libpvrtexlib-so-from-java-android/3451/2 "2021-10-19T09:18:33Z")

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Hi Samuel,

We don’t currently release PVRTexLib shared libraries for Android, so this won’t be possible unfortunately.

May I ask what the use case is for using PVRTexLib on a Android platform? Can the work not be performed on a desktop platform; Windows, Linux or macOS?

Kind Regards,  
Shaun