Hey, great article! :) Precise and easy to follow. Should this topic resurface I'll keep it book-marked. Thanks
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Mathieu St-Gelais < [email protected]> wrote: > 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] > >>> > >> > >> > > > -- *Thomas Wright* Software Engineer Extension: 1054 Office: [801] 464.4600 Corporate Division [email protected]
