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1 [Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Integrated_Runtime)

2 is a cross-platform runtime environment developed by Adobe Systems for building

3 rich Internet applications using Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, HTML, or Ajax, that

4 can be deployed as desktop applications.

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6

7 Installing an AIR Application

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9

10 Download the application, and unzip it to `/opt/airapps/<appname>`. To run it

11 you can use the command

12

13 $ /opt/adobe-air-sdk/bin/adl -nodebug /opt/airapps/<Application name>/META-INF/AIR/application.xml /opt/airapps/<Application name>/

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15

16 Making it executable

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18

19 You can also make an executable by creating a file in /usr/local/bin:

20

21 #!/usr/bin/sh

22 /opt/adobe-air-sdk/bin/adl -nodebug /opt/airapps/<Application name>/META-INF/AIR/application.xml /opt/airapps/<Application name>/

23

24 The app might need parameters (voddler) so then the script can look like:

25

26 #!/usr/bin/sh

27 /opt/adobe-air-sdk/bin/adl -nodebug /opt/airapps/<Application name>/META-INF/AIR/application.xml /opt/airapps/<Application name>/ -- ${@}

28

29 Then chmod the file so that it can execute:

30

31 $ chmod +x filename

32

33 Now you have installed an application in AIR. Yes it is this silly :P

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35

36 Removing the application

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38

39 Delete the application folder in `/opt/airapps`. Also delete the executable if

40 you created one.

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43 Running binaries that use AIR

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45

46 Some applications using Adobe AIR can come with their own binaries included. In

47 this case, it's often better to run these binaries, rather than bypassing them

48 using adl, to not lose any extra functionality these binaries might provide.

49 These binaries will require some work however, before they can be used with the

50 Adobe AIR SDK.

51

52 First of all, binaries will look for Adobe AIR, rather than the Adobe AIR SDK.

53 There seems to be no way to change where to look, so you're going to have to

54 symlink the Adobe AIR runtime provided with the SDK to the default location

55 that binaries follow:

56

57 # ln -s /opt/adobe-air-sdk/runtimes/air/linux/Adobe\ AIR/ /opt/Adobe\ AIR

58

59 With this, the binaries should be able to detect your Adobe AIR installation.

60 It will leave you with two Adobe AIR folders in /opt, which is dirty but there

61 seems to be no way around this for now.

62

63 Another problem you'll run into is that whenever the AIR runtime starts a

64 process, it'll check whether you have accepted the EULA, something that is not

65 included with the SDK. Since it can't determine that you did, it then tries to

66 run the Adobe AIR Updater, which is ALSO not included in the SDK runtime,

67 causing the binary to fail and hang. To avoid this you're going to have to

68 manually accept the EULA.

69

70 Warning: By creating the following file you are most likely accepting the

71 [Adobe AIR End User License Agreement](http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/air_eula.html).

72 Make sure to read this agreement, and do not perform this work-around if you do

73 not agree with it.

74

75

76 To manually accept the EULA, use this command:

77

78 echo -n 2 > ~/.appdata/Adobe/AIR/eulaAccepted

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80 After this, you should clear the check and the binary should run normally.

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83

84 This information has been shamelessly copied from this page:

85 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Adobe_AIR

86

87 Content is available under GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 or later unless

88 otherwise noted.