Just one thing at step 6 "sudo ./ adobeair_etc" should be "sudo ./adobeair_etc" just remove the extra space otherwise if you copy and paste it is not gonna work
Thanks
Julius
Dj Flush
· 1 year ago
Thanks for mentioning that out. I fixed it :)
emsquared
· 1 year ago
Big thanks here too. Helped me get Spaz and twhirl running on Ubuntu.
makri
· 1 year ago
Thanks for this note. Got me started real quick on AIR
Ronald
· 1 year ago
I followed the steps above (AMD64, Ubuntu 8.04) and get after the agreement for the license:
Sorry, an error has occurred An error occurred while installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your administrator.
There is nothing in the log file. What am I going to do next?
bye
R.
Dj Flush
· 1 year ago
Try logging in to Ubuntu as root user and then perform try installing Adobe AIR. Though I am not sure if it will work or not.
Jason Young
· 1 year ago
Thanks for this writeup--It made it incredibly easy to install. The first few guides I found were so outdated that they recommended installing it under WINE >_>
Curtis Cross
· 1 year ago
Having same problem as Ronald. Same Distro and on a turion64 HP DV2000 laptop. Have installed successfully on a Shuttle PC with AMD Sempro processor. Not sure if I have to completely hose this install and reinstall from scratch... I've had sound issues as well. Can't record correctly from a USb mic. But as they say...that is another problem altogether. Did you have any luck Ronald?
syed
· 10 months ago
The installation on 64-bit linux machines is a little different and requires some 32-bit libraries present on machine. Read this page for more details: http://bit.ly/4pAk
Manuel Silva Vega
· 1 year ago
Thx, very very mucho!
Rich
· 1 year ago
I had to close Firefox-2 before the AIR install would work; before that I got the "Installation may not be allowed" error as above.
Hope this helps!
ThisGuyDoug
· 1 year ago
Thanks Rich for the tip. I was getting the same error as Ronald. Once I closed Flock/Firefox, the install went smoothly and completed successfully.
An error occurred while installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your administrator.
Can these steps help me get thru? Thanks!
Phil
· 1 year ago
I'm new to Linus so I must be ding something wrong.
When I run "chmod +x adobeair_linux_a1_033108.bin"
It tells me "No such file or directory"
I know its there, I can see it on the desktop.
Phil
Amanda
· 2 months ago
Well, your desktop is a folder. So if you're not in the folder "Desktop" you probably want to run "chmod +x Desktop/adobeair..."
giania
· 1 year ago
I was having some challenges, getting that "sorry, an error has occured" message mid-install. I closed Opera and retried the install and it worked fine! Anyone having that error should definitely try shutting down their browser first.
(May want to throw a note at the bottom of the original post with the "shut down browser before finishing install" note.)
Simone
· 1 year ago
@Ronald : As usual you can't get it on a 64bit system.
Phil
· 1 year ago
Ok, I got it in but now what?
Or do I have to install more from the other Air apps?
Thanks and my Linux IM buds thank you too.
Phil
algarcia
· 1 year ago
thanks a lot in the name of all us ubuntu newbies!
Quiz_Master
· 1 year ago
Nice... Adobe Air up and working in Ubuntu 8.04. Its a hell lotta glitchy though!
amer
· 1 year ago
thanks :D this is very helpful for noob like me.
If u hv any problem just make sure the chmod is done in the right folder.
Thanks for this tutorial. Installation worked great with adobeair_linux_a1_033108.bin, but failed with the latest bin. A window pops up to tell me the installation failed and I had to ask my administrator about that. Straaaange ...
Thomas Raukamp
· 11 months ago
Figured out what it was, Before you install a new version of Adobe AIR on Ubuntu, you must uninstall the old version. Otherwise you'll get the error message above.
And btw Air is not beta anymore, here's the official 1.5 version:
the download link should be modified to point to latest released version of AIR 1.5 on linux (http://get.adobe.com/air)
Saad Hamid
· 10 months ago
Link modified. Thanks for reporting.
sebin
· 10 months ago
I tried to install AIR using the commands you have shared. But I got an error message reading
"Sorry, an error has occurred."
Adobe AIR could not be installed because another application is already being installed. Complete the first installation before proceeding with this one."
Now what might be the reason and what should I do?
Ronhead
· 10 months ago
Excelent! thats works
thanks
Priyanka D
· 10 months ago
Thanks a ton!
Ed Grant
· 10 months ago
I've found an easier way to install Adobe Air on Ubuntu (I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 - The Hardy Heron).
All I did was to visit the Adobe Air Marketplace [http://tinyurl.com/2ydjqx] and requested to install one of the apps there. When you do this, you'll be told that Adobe Air is not installed on your machine and then be given a chance to install it.
There's no need to use the Ubuntu Terminal this way.
Tim
· 9 months ago
I also got the infamous "Could not be installed because an another application is already being installed error".
For some reason, this error disappeared when I stopped the synaptic package manager (Which I had open to install some other toys..) (This on Ubuntu 8.10)
Doug Winter
· 9 months ago
If you get the unhelpful error message, try:
sudo aptitude remove adobeair-enu
Worked for me.
Cheers, Doug.
Dror
· 9 months ago
I also was getting and error when trying to upgrade from a previous version.
Finally figured out that Air installs a package. Removing the old package with
apt-get remove adobeair1.0
solved the problem.
Cibees
· 9 months ago
Thanks a million for the instructions and for the added method in the comments section. It was what I needed to install it. :)
Saad Hamid
· 9 months ago
Glad to help always.
jessy
· 8 months ago
removing the adobeair-enu package worked for me as well on 8.04 (without even closing firefox). i was having trouble before and couldnt figure out why. thanks so much!
Roberto
· 7 months ago
Thanks!
Internet Strategist
· 7 months ago
Thanks for the tips. Just a few questions remain:
1. How do we "open the terminal"? 2. How do we use a wget command?
I'm assuming if I knew the answers to those two questions I would know how to run the other commands. This is why so many still use Windows. Why don't programs used on Unix systems have auto-installers?
Waisybabu
· 4 months ago
Works like a charm! :D
Tim Brazer
· 3 months ago
Thanks for the quick tutorial. When I downloaded Adobe Air I had a .bin file and had no idea what to do with it. I Googled for some help and this was the first result. :)
Thanks!
gregrickaby
· 3 months ago
Perfect! Works like a charm on Ubuntu 9.04 x64. Thank you!
Nader
· 3 months ago
Thx alot man ur the best :D
Simon
· 3 months ago
If you can not do the simple "sudo ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin" thing, try the following:
Worked for me, and remember to close your browser first. :)
Isaias Arredondo
· 2 months ago
Hi Thanks for the information!!
Amanda
· 2 months ago
Sigh. I'm still getting the stinking "An error occurred while installing" message.
Then my package manager tells me there's a broken installation and asks me to remove Adobe Air.
shawnstewart
· 2 months ago
I worked perfectly. Thanks.
oldnormanbates
· 1 month ago
I can't get adobe air to install on a redo of my eeebuntu 3.0, (Ubuntu 9.04),Asus 1000HE Netbook , Atom uP. Always worked before, now says not enoughj permissions-Tweedeck jonesing Im Root- Anybody DM oldnormanbates
Waisybabu | artsyHANDS
· 3 weeks ago
I'm having issues installing it on Ubuntu 9.10... but heh, who cares, right?
SocialBlogr
· 3 weeks ago
Hmm..I'm now using Ubuntu.. :P Thanks for your tips.
All Comments
Just one thing at step 6 "sudo ./ adobeair_etc" should be "sudo ./adobeair_etc" just remove the extra space otherwise if you copy and paste it is not gonna work
Thanks
Julius
Sorry, an error has occurred
An error occurred while installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your administrator.
There is nothing in the log file. What am I going to do next?
bye
R.
Hope this helps!
An error occurred while installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your administrator.
Can these steps help me get thru? Thanks!
When I run "chmod +x adobeair_linux_a1_033108.bin"
It tells me "No such file or directory"
I know its there, I can see it on the desktop.
Phil
(May want to throw a note at the bottom of the original post with the "shut down browser before finishing install" note.)
Or do I have to install more from the other Air apps?
Thanks and my Linux IM buds thank you too.
Phil
Adobe Air up and working in Ubuntu 8.04. Its a hell lotta glitchy though!
If u hv any problem just make sure the chmod is done in the right folder.
but here is the new file
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/air/lin...
And btw Air is not beta anymore, here's the official 1.5 version:
http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/1...
"Sorry, an error has occurred."
Adobe AIR could not be installed because another application is already being installed. Complete the first installation before proceeding with this one."
Now what might be the reason and what should I do?
thats works
thanks
All I did was to visit the Adobe Air Marketplace [http://tinyurl.com/2ydjqx] and requested to install one of the apps there. When you do this, you'll be told that Adobe Air is not installed on your machine and then be given a chance to install it.
There's no need to use the Ubuntu Terminal this way.
For some reason, this error disappeared when I stopped the synaptic package manager (Which I had open to install some other toys..)
(This on Ubuntu 8.10)
sudo aptitude remove adobeair-enuWorked for me.
Cheers, Doug.
Finally figured out that Air installs a package. Removing the old package with
apt-get remove adobeair1.0solved the problem.
1. How do we "open the terminal"?
2. How do we use a wget command?
I'm assuming if I knew the answers to those two questions I would know how to run the other commands. This is why so many still use Windows. Why don't programs used on Unix systems have auto-installers?
Thanks!
$ chmod 777 AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
$ ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
Worked for me, and remember to close your browser first. :)
Then my package manager tells me there's a broken installation and asks me to remove Adobe Air.