For future people reading this, here's my blog post on how I made the installer work. Feel free to post comments and questions if needed.
http://www.evilcodingmonkey.com/2013/08/21/installing-apache-flex-sdk-under-linux/ Thanks again for you help guys! Mat On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Mathieu St-Gelais < [email protected]> wrote: > It worked great for me too. Thanks Thomas for the additional instructions. > Last thing: I had to uninstall the Flex Installer after that because it was > causing dependency trouble to most apt-get operations. > > I simply did the following: sudo apt-get -f install > > This is the error I was getting: > > *org.apache.flex.installapacheflex:i386 : PreDepends: adobeair:i386 (>= > 1:2.6.0.0) but it is not installable* > *E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or > specify a solution).* > > I'll add all this to my blog, and post the URL later today (I hope). > > Thanks again! > > Mat > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Mathieu St-Gelais < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks a lot. I'll try probably tomorrow when I get a minute. And if I >> get an extra 10 minutes ;-), I'll add the complete thing to my blog, and >> post the URL here. This will probably help others later. >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Thomas Wright <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Om. This ended up working. It still wasn't as simple as it >>> proclaimed to be. >>> In case Mathieu, you're still having problems, after it installed, >>> nothing >>> launched. >>> I had to go to where it was actually installed in the /opt/ directory >>> so, /opt/Apache Flex/Apache Flex SDK Installer/bin >>> and run the installer by hand. Now it's rolling, and everything *appears* >>> to be well and dandy >>> Thanks again, that helped tons! :) >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 6:10 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>> > Maybe this helps [1] ? >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Om >>> > >>> > [1] >>> > >>> > >>> http://jdesconectado.blogspot.com/2013/08/install-apache-flex-410-ubuntu-1304.html >>> > >>> > >>> > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Mathieu St-Gelais < >>> > [email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > > I have the exact same problem. I've tried everything I can without >>> > success >>> > > on Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04, both 64-bits. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Thomas Wright <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> > > >>> > > > So, this has been a more involved process than I thought it would >>> be, >>> > > much >>> > > > thanks to the 64 bit version of kubuntu I'm running. >>> > > > I finally got AIR to install, and that was a pain. >>> > > > I have IntelliJ installed, and seems to be working fine. >>> > > > But when I try to actually install the Apache Flex .deb package, I >>> get >>> > > this >>> > > > error: >>> > > > >>> > > > *twright@twright-Kubuntu:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg --install >>> > > > apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.6.0-bin.deb * >>> > > > *dpkg: regarding apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.6.0-bin.deb containing >>> > > > org.apache.flex.installapacheflex, pre-dependency problem:* >>> > > > * org.apache.flex.installapacheflex pre-depends on adobeair (>= >>> > > 1:2.6.0.0)* >>> > > > * >>> > > > * >>> > > > *dpkg: error processing apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.6.0-bin.deb >>> > > > (--install): >>> > > > * >>> > > > * pre-dependency problem - not installing >>> > > > org.apache.flex.installapacheflex* >>> > > > *Errors were encountered while processing:* >>> > > > * apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.6.0-bin.deb* >>> > > > >>> > > > and I'm just completely lost. AIR works fine, it's recognized by my >>> > > system >>> > > > in general, and recognized by my package installers as having been >>> > > > installed. But for some reason when I try to get the Flex SDK >>> going, it >>> > > > bunks on me. *shrugs* >>> > > > >>> > > > I've tried diving into the endless dead-ends that google provides >>> when >>> > > > there is no real answer - so now I'm just at a loss. >>> > > > >>> > > > any thoughts? >>> > > > -- >>> > > > *Thomas Wright* >>> > > > Software Engineer >>> > > > Extension: 1054 >>> > > > Office: [801] 464.4600 >>> > > > >>> > > > Corporate Division >>> > > > [email protected] >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Thomas Wright* >>> Software Engineer >>> Extension: 1054 >>> Office: [801] 464.4600 >>> >>> Corporate Division >>> [email protected] >>> >> >> >
