Comments on: How To Run Adobe Air Applications On Ubuntu Linux

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:06:54 +0000

@Sharninder: Thanks for stoppin’ by. Yes, when it works like Adobe Air, OS independent software is good.

By: Sharninder

Sharninder — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:09:25 +0000

I just used this to install Adobe Air and Tweetdeck on Debian 6.0 and it (kinda) works for that too. This tutorial is more or less OS independent and you can remove references to Ubuntu if you want. Nice writeup, though.

By: rijans

rijans — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:22:34 +0000

Thanks for this tutorial with screen shots. I will try to install.
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By: Emule Magazine

Emule Magazine — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:09:53 +0000

Hi bill,
I’ve just used your tutorial on Ubuntu 10.04, but in the last version of Ubuntu, I’ve found some difficulties installing it. Can you update your article testing the new version of ubuntu?

By: ixhosting

ixhosting — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:48:56 +0000

There are a lot of great Adobe Air applications that I use on Windows. It’s nice to know that it is available to use on Linux as well.
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By: Jaydee

Jaydee — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:12:11 +0000

good to know that linux especially ubuntu is reaching for windows application.

windows is still my main system but I have ubuntu on the side. I simply switch to ubuntu if i’ll be surfing the net to avoid viruses.
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By: Phil@ApproachingWomen

Phil@ApproachingWomen — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:50:19 +0000

I think I’ll try this on an older computer I have. I use a version of linux running on my HP Mini 1000 called Jolicloud. It’s pretty cool too.
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By: Mike T.

Mike T. — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:54:29 +0000

This looks very interesting. I will have to give Adobe air a try!
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By: codeator

codeator — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:31:19 +0000

Thanks, it works on 10.04. Found it useful by using balsamiq mockups. They are on adobe air =)
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By: 64 bits and bobs « The Blog of Leonard Challis

64 bits and bobs « The Blog of Leonard Challis — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:00:51 +0000

[...] When I first installed Ubuntu and started getting the applications that I tend to use daily on, I was a bit disappointed that I couldn’t get Adobe AIR to install. I didn’t pay much attention to it at first — I just tried the installer on the TweetDeck home page. Recently I have managed to get it working however, largely thanks to a little bit more reading. [...]

By: Felipe

Felipe — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:06:47 +0000

Hi.. I am having an issue… I am trying to install Adobe AIR but all I get is: “An error occurred while installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your administrator”.

I have tried just about anything before issuing the command: “sudo ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin” like closing firefox, making sure the /opt/Adobe Air directory does not exist.

Actually Adobe Air was working fine.. up until I decided to run “Computer Janitor” thats when Adobe Air started to get messed up…

Please shed some light over this issue…

I will really appreciate it.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:22:34 +0000

@Gary: Excellent point.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:57:38 +0000

Tip for Uninstalling an Adobe Air application (Ubuntu Jaunty)
Applications/Accessories/Adobe Air Uninstaller

when you run that application it will give you a list of Air applications that are installed and you then select which you wish to remove.

If that option is not in your menu then you have not installed Adobe Air directly perhaps and should visit Adobe site. Not sure is installing .bin files as described in this tutorial will always create the necessary desktop entry.

The command that the menu option runs on my machine is:
“/opt/Adobe AIR/Versions/1.0/Resources/Adobe AIR Updater” -arp:uninstall

… and I’m guessing the argument -arp:uninstall is the key thing to remember.

By: Josh Dressel

Josh Dressel — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:06:10 +0000

I really like Adobe Air but I've installed a number of applications and can't figure out how to remove the ones I no longer want. They're not listed in the Add/Remove section or Synaptic. I'm using Ubuntu Jaunty. Josh Dressels last blog post..Department of Natural Resources rejects open source

By: Alexei Vinidiktov

Alexei Vinidiktov — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:47:51 +0000

I’m also using Linux Mint (version 6.0), and the notification sounds of Twhirl work fine.