Mike Southby

After a previous post where I outlined how to install Adobe AIR in Ubuntu 9.10 I thought I would write another post with instructions for installing in Linux Mint 8 as I also use this distribution on my development machine.  The differences are subtle but nevertheless they are slightly different.

Installing Adobe AIR on Linux Mint is again quite easy (certainly no more difficult than installing in Ubuntu), although it is not available in the repository so you’ll need to  follow these instructions:

• Download Adobe AIR by clicking this link, ensure that you save the installer to your desktop for the following steps
• Once the download has completed, you need to open your Terminal (select Menu > Terminal).  Type the following command to switch to your desktop where you have just downloaded the AIR installer (making sure to take note of capitalisation):
  cd ~/Desktop
  We now need to make the file executable.  To do this type the following command:
  chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
  Finally you need to run the installer itself, as you are already in Terminal simply type the following command:
  ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

Running the installer from within Terminal

• The Adobe AIR installer will now launch, obviously click to agree the T&Cs and then sit back, the installer doesn’t take long.

Accept the T&Cs by clicking 'I Agree'

Sit back and wait for the installer to finish

Done!

That’s it; simple.  You can then install any Adobe AIR application directly from the web, in this case I have chosen to install TweetDeck to test everything works.

Installing TweetDeck from within Firefox

I hope this is useful.