Adobe Technologies released the Linux version of Adobe AIR some weeks ago which brings web applications and widgets to your desktop. Installing new applications on a Linux distribution is always a mystery for newbies so here is a guide that teaches you how to install Adobe AIR on Ubuntu.
- Open the Terminal
- Download the file from here using the wget command:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/air/linux/adobeair_linux_a1_033108.bin - The name of the file is adobeair_linux_a1_033108.bin
- Save the file in the Home folder (Places > Home Folder)
- Run this command:
chmod +x adobeair_linux_a1_033108.bin - Now run this command:
sudo ./adobeair_linux_a1_033108.bin
The normal installer will open, install it. From now whenever you download a .air file, just double click it and it will be installed.
Also take a look at 10 Most Useful Adobe AIR applications reviewed by Sizlopedia.
Thanks for the tutorial, worked like charm.
Just one thing at step 6 “sudo ./ adobeair_etc” should be “sudo ./adobeair_etc” just remove the extra space otherwise if you copy and paste it is not gonna work
Thanks
Julius
Thanks for mentioning that out. I fixed it
Big thanks here too. Helped me get Spaz and twhirl running on Ubuntu.
Thanks for this note. Got me started real quick on AIR
I followed the steps above (AMD64, Ubuntu 8.04) and get after the agreement for the license:
Sorry, an error has occurred
An error occurred while installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your administrator.
There is nothing in the log file. What am I going to do next?
bye
R.
Try logging in to Ubuntu as root user and then perform try installing Adobe AIR. Though I am not sure if it will work or not.
Thanks for this writeup–It made it incredibly easy to install. The first few guides I found were so outdated that they recommended installing it under WINE >_>