Install Adobe AIR on 64-bit Ubuntu 10.10

By James Ward | Published: October 14, 2010

Right now Adobe AIR is only officially available for 32-bit Linux. But it does work on 64-bit Linux with the 32-bit compatibility libraries. There are several ways to install Adobe AIR on Linux. My preferred way on Ubuntu is to use the .deb package. However the .deb package distributed by Adobe can only be installed on 32-bit systems. Good news is that this can be easily fixed! To install the Adobe AIR .deb package on a 64-bit system just follow these steps:

Download the Adobe AIR .deb file
In a terminal window go to the directory containing the adobeair.deb file
Create a tmp dir:
```
mkdir tmp
```
Extract the deb file to the tmp dir:
```
dpkg-deb -x adobeair.deb tmp
```

Extract the control files:

dpkg-deb --control adobeair.deb tmp/DEBIAN

Change the Architecture parameter from “i386″ to “all”:
```
sed -i "s/i386/all/" tmp/DEBIAN/control
```
Repackage the deb file:
```
dpkg -b tmp adobeair_64.deb
```

Now you can install Adobe AIR on a 64-bit system! From the command line just do:

sudo dpkg -i adobeair_64.deb

That’s it! Let me know if you have any questions.

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Thank’s !

I took it on my blog and added an back link :)
Sergio Sanchez

Para instalarlo en Ubuntu, debes descargar el instalador de Adobe AIR desde el sitio web de Adobe o a traves del siguiente comando:

wget http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/latest/AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
* Recuerda que el siguiente comando está confinado al hecho que esa URL no cambiase. De ser así, deberás descargar manualmente el archivo de instalación de Adobe AIR.

Darle permisos de ejecución al instalador:

sudo chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
* Asegúrate de estar dentro de la misma carpeta donde descargaste el archivo AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

Ejecutar el instalador:

sudo ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
Continúa con el asistente de instalación. Al cabo de unos minutos, se habrá instalado Adobe AIRy ya puedes disfrutar de esas aplicaciones desarrolladas en AIR, por ejemplo, puedes probar AIR con alguna aplicación .air como Twhirl, un cliente de microblogging.

Sergio Sanchez

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Thanks!! ^^
This post is Very useful!!
http://joliea.wordpress.com Joliea

Hi. How do I do step no. 2??
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http://joliea.wordpress.com Joliea

Hey, figured it out! Thanks!! Wanted to install DestroyTwitter and its great!! :D
Peter Juanda

Excuse me, i’m still newbie on ubuntu 64-bit
do this way works for other packages ?
thanks

http://www.jamesward.com James Ward

It might. Assuming the package really works on 64-bit.

Peter Juanda

Ok, thanks
Nice Tutorial :D

rothbart

Thanks for this how-to. I’ve really been enjoying Ubuntu 10.10 on my new laptop and it installed 64-bit by default. I’d known that AIR hadn’t been released yet and that this was so quick, easy, and effective just made my morning. Much appreciated.
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Thank’s !
Cecilia

i do each step and is not working for me, i create the folder, extract the files and the control, but when i have repackage the deb file appear this: “control directory has bad permissions 777 (must be >=0755 and <=0775)" and i can't change the permission.
i try as root user, and not root user.

http://www.jamesward.com James Ward

I’m really not sure why that is happening. Sorry.
japcrword

Make sure that you pack the deb-package on a native linux filesystem. I had exactly same error when tried to repackage on ntfs.

Bryan Larsen

For those who missed the comment by rami01e, using the ppa:dajhorn/adobeair ppa is easier and works great.

jeff

sudo dpkg -i –force-architecture adobeair.deb

http://www.jamesward.com James Ward

That doesn’t really work for most of us:
http://www.jamesward.com/2010/10/14/install-adobe-air-on-64-bit-ubuntu-10-10/comment-page-1/#comment-160890

http://jimgmitchell.wordpress.com Jim Mitchell

Hi there! This is the *only* guide out of many that I found that actually works :-D
zz

Thank you! It works!
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http://flexologist.com Danny Kopping

Thanks James!
Ricardo

Thank you !
Graham

Excellent instructions. Easy to follow and they worked first time. I now have Pandora running. Its a shame that the Ubuntu software center isn’t smart enough to know this kind of thing. Thanks!
Jorge

It worked for me on Linux Mint Debian 64 bits. Cool! Thanks!
Robert van der Vliet

Thanks, worked perfectly on Ubuntu 9.10. Easier instructions than Adobe offered here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/521/cpsid_52132.html#main_ins_air2_64bit_ubuntu904
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http://ruionwriting.net Rui Marques

Worked 100%. Now I’ve installed Snippely very easily. Thanks.
DanP

Beautiful! Worked perfectly on Linux Mint Debian x64.
Mohsin Mirza

Excellent! Worked perfectly on Ubuntu 11.04 beta x64
Eddie

You are the best! Thank you for the only guide to installing Adobe Air that has worked.
Tom H.

Thank you so much, it works perfectly.
http://www.123webdesignbournemouth.co.uk Darren

Super stuff James –

Many thanks – new to Ubuntu, and it’s a bit late where I am….

This worked a charm.

Ubuntu – check.
VPN – check.
Adobe Air – now check.
BBC iPlayer – next ;-)
http://www.timwise.co.uk/ Tim Abell

balsamiq mockups installer via your blog… http://community.balsamiq.com/balsamiq/topics/slicker_64bit_linux_installation
thx for your help!
greh

Works flawless on Ubuntu 11.04. ;)
John

Hey, this guild worked great, THANKS!
ze

works!!! thanks!
http://flusteredgrad.wordpress.com/ Kevin

This worked perfectly for me! Thank you!
http://www.maat.com.br MaaT

Worked like a charm on Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04.
Great Job mate!
http://diaboogle.com/ Bernard Farrell

James, do you have any connections within Adobe that might give you insight into other OS platforms that they plan to provide AIR on. I’m leading development of an enterprise UI and had originally planned to use Flex/AIR. But AIR doesn’t appear to be available on HP-UX, AIX, SUSE Linux, or Solaris. Our existing customers use the current UI on all of these platforms, but AIR appears to be a non-started on them. If you’ve any suggestions about who I could contact within Adobe I’d appreciate them.

http://www.jamesward.com James Ward

Hi Bernard,

Unfortunately those platforms are not supported by AIR. You can file a feature request here:
http://adobe.com/go/wish

Hope that helps.

-James

Zach S.

Hi. I followed your guide but I am unable to install Pandora. Pandora requires Adobe Air to install. When I try to open pandora installer with air it does nothing. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Mark

Worked a charm, thanks!
Gonzalo

Thank you!!! saved my life =)
Oddmund

Thank you so much!
Eirik

Thanks so much! I’m brand new to linux, and I’ve been struggling a lot to get air running properly. Tried a few other guides, but this was the first one to actually work. If it’s one thing that linux has got going for it, it’s the helpful community.
http://bagorites.com Miguel

Thanks sir!
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http://tommowad.com Tom M

Hey thanks man, worked perfectly for me on Ubuntu 11 :-)

The instructions on Adobe.com did not seem to.
Rui Lima

You’re the man James! Thanks!
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Simone

Good job! Thanks!
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great stuff indeed!

The live view in flash builder is a must! Hope it comes soon.
erngab

Ubuntu 11.04
When I want to repack, I have error
dpkg -b tmp adobeair_64.deb
dpkg-deb: error: conffile `/etc/opt/Adobe/certificates/AIR/crypt/config.xml’ does not appear in package
?

Jes

same here — “dpkg-deb: error: conffile `/etc/opt/Adobe/certificates/AIR/crypt/config.xml’ does not appear in package”
Ryans12

Yup, same here on Debian 6

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