This guide shows, howto install Adobe AIR on Fedora 12, Fedora 13, CentOS 5.5, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6. This method works on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. This guide also shows howto use Adobe AIR Application Installer and install TweetDeck.
What is adobe AIR?
Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is a cross-platform runtime environment for building rich Internet applications as a desktop applications, using existing HTML, Ajax, Adobe Flash or Adobe Flex. Adobe positions it as a browser-less runtime for rich Internet applications that can be deployed onto the desktop, rather than a fully-fledged application framework.
1. Change Root User
sudo -i
## OR ##
su -
2. Install Needed Dependencies with YUM
Install Fedora 12 and Fedora 13 – i686 – 32 bit dependencies
yum install xterm
Install Fedora 12 – x86_64 – 64 bit dependencies
yum install ld-linux.so.2 gtk2-devel.i686 libdbus-glib-1.so.2 \
libhal.so.1 rpm-devel.i686 libXt.so.6 gnome-keyring-devel.i686 \
libDCOP.so.4 libxml2-devel.i686 nss-devel.i686 libxslt.i686 xterm
Install Fedora 13 – x86_64 – 64 bit dependencies
yum install ld-linux.so.2 gtk2-devel.i686 libdbus-glib-1.so.2 \
libhal.so.1 rpm-devel.i686 libXt.so.6 gnome-keyring-devel.i686 \
libDCOP.so.4 libxml2-devel.i686 nss-devel.i686 libxslt.i686 xterm
If these packages do not install, then try the following:
Enable Fedora 13 – i386 – Updates Repository
Add following content to /etc/yum.repos.d/f13-i386-updates.repo file
[updates-f13-i386]
name=Fedora 13 - i386 - Updates
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/13/i386/
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-f13&arch=i386
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-i386
Clean all caches
yum clean all
Install depencies with following command
yum --enablerepo=updates-f13-i386 install ld-linux.so.2 gtk2-devel.i686 libdbus-glib-1.so.2 \
libhal.so.1 rpm-devel.i686 libXt.so.6 gnome-keyring-devel.i686 \
libDCOP.so.4 libxml2-devel.i686 nss-devel.i686 libxslt.i686 xterm
And then Install Adobe AIR 2 RC
Install CentOS 5.5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5 – i386 – 32 bit dependencies
yum install xterm
Install CentOS 5.5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5 – x86_64 – 64 bit dependencies
yum install ld-linux.so.2 gtk2-devel.i386 libdbus-glib-1.so.2 \
libhal.so.1 rpm-devel.i386 libXt.so.6 gnome-keyring-devel.i386 \
libDCOP.so.4 libxml2-devel.i386 nss-devel.i386 libxslt.i386 xterm
3a. Install Adobe AIR 1.5 (Current Version 1.5.3)
Download Adobe AIR 1.5
Goto Adobe AIR download page and download Adobe AIR 1.5
Make Adobe AIR Installer Executable
chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
Run Adobe AIR Installer
./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
Installing Adobe AIR 1.5
Open (Start) Adobe AIR 1.5 Application Installer
3b. Install Adobe AIR 2 (Current Version 2 RC)
Download Adobe AIR 2
Goto Adobe Labs download page, Agree terms of the agreement and download Adobe AIR 2 RC (RPM version)
Install Adobe AIR 2 RC
rpm -Uvh air2_rc1_runtime_lin_051110.i386.rpm
## OR (if another version) ##
rpm -Uvh air2*.rpm
Open (Start) Adobe AIR 2 RC Application Installer
rpm -Uvh air2_rc1_runtime_lin_051110.i386.rpm
## OR (if another version) ##
rpm -Uvh air2*.rpm
4. Test Adobe AIR Installation and Install TweetDeck Application
Note: Flash Player is needed installing Adobe AIR applications, so install Adobe Flash Player first
Goto Adobe AIR Marketplace and find some Adobe AIR programs, example TweetDeck:
Click Download from Publisher
Getting Ready to Install TweetDeck
Accept TweetDeck Installation
Select TweetDeck Installation Options and Location
Enter root Password (if needed, depends on installation location)
Start Using TweetDeck
TweetDeck (0.34.3) Running on Fedora 13 – x86_64 (64 bit)
Alternative Way to Start Adobe AIR Application Installation
Download application.air file.
Open Adobe AIR Application Installer from Menu and Select file.air
OR
Run following command (example as root):
Adobe\ AIR\ Application\ Installer /exact/path/to/file.air
## Real example ##
Adobe\ AIR\ Application\ Installer /home/user/Downloads/tweetdeck.air
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