If you need to install an older version of Android’s build tools, you can do so using the below. Search for the SDK version you want:
$: android list sdk --all | grep -I tools
Which will then give you an indexed list of SDKs:
1- Android SDK Tools, revision 25.2.5 2- Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 25.0.4 3- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 25.0.2 4- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 25.0.1 5- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 25 6- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 24.0.3 7- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 24.0.2 8- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 24.0.1 9- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 24 10- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 23.0.3 11- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 23.0.2 12- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 23.0.1 13- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 23 (Obsolete) 14- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 22.0.1 15- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 22 (Obsolete) 16- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 21.1.2 17- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 21.1.1 (Obsolete) 18- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 21.1 (Obsolete) 19- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 21.0.2 (Obsolete) 20- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 21.0.1 (Obsolete) 21- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 21 (Obsolete) 22- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 20 23- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 19.1 24- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 19.0.3 (Obsolete) 25- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 19.0.2 (Obsolete) 26- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 19.0.1 (Obsolete) 27- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 19 (Obsolete) 28- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 18.1.1 (Obsolete) 29- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 18.1 (Obsolete) 30- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 18.0.1 (Obsolete) 31- Android SDK Build-tools, revision 17 (Obsolete)
and then you can install a specific package with the ID:
$: android update sdk -u -a -t 6
This blog post helped to discover the way to accomplish this.