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Of course, once the OS was installed, my next logical step was to get Flex Builder for Linux working on it. Here's a step-by-step guide to what I did to get Flex Builder working on there.
1) The first thing I did was install the java-common package using the "Synapic Package Manager" application. This will install the latest java common libraries on your OS installation.
2) Flex Builder for Linux requires Eclipse, so the next logical step is to download and install Eclipse. I downloaded "Eclipse Classic" and extracted it to the directory "eclipse" within my user folder. I found this article on the ubuntu forums to tweak your Java settings for Eclipse on Ubuntu. The article describes an older version of Ubuntu, but these exact steps worked for me with 8.04.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=201378
3) Next, download and install Flex Builder for Linux from Adobe Labs. Be sure to check out the release notes before you begin your installation.
Once you've downloaded the file "flexbuilder_linux_install_a3_033108.bin", you'll need to give it execute permissions. From the command line, use "chmod +x flexbuilder_linux_install_a3_033108.bin" to grant these permissions. Then launch the installer by running "./flexbuilder_linux_install_a3_033108.bin" (also from the command line). If your java settings are not setup correctly, you will get a few error messages, and you'll need to go back and tweak them.
Once the installer is running, its easy. Just tell it where to install Flex Builder, and point it to your eclipse directory, and it takes care of the rest.
Once your installation is complete, it's just like using Flex builder on any other operating system. Just go to "File -> New -> New Flex Project" to create a new Flex Project. From here, you're ready to start developing your Flex applications.
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Andrew Trice
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Cynergy Systems
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With only a little extra work, you can use Ubuntu's Eclipse package: http://rachaelandtom.info/content/kubuntu-710-eclipse-and-flex-builder
Thanks for the info Tom! This is definitely another way to get eclipse on there.
Thanks for the quick intro. I didnt even know that flex was available on linux. Ive just downloaded hardy recently and will definitely be trying this out!
Thanks!
Hi there, is Design Mode available in installation like this?
This doesn't work when installing on Ganymede for J2EE developers. Installer is running and completes fine but there is no Flex Builder projects and perspective.
You might want to look at the FAQ, release notes, or help documents for Flex Builder for linux provided by Adobe. I've only tried this on the "base" version of Eclipse.
Hi, i use ubuntu 8.04 to develop flash, now i'm having problem, in my script i have [embed] tag, when i compile it using flex sdk, it give me error:
Error: exception during transcoding: Failed to grab pixels for image XXX.jpg
Error: Unable to transcode XXX.jpg
Can anyone help, pls?
this only works for me on eclipse version 3.3.2 and not on 3.4.x
It failed with Eclipse 3.4.1. I'm trying 3.3.2 now... See: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FBE-306
In flex IDE Where is design view to develop gui quickly ? noopp we cant use design view. Also we cant use myeclipse fully qualified.
Design view is only available on Mac or PC. It is not available on the linux distribution.
You can see more on what is (and is not) supported at:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flex/flexbuilder_linux/releasenotes.html#features
ubuntu install solution:
$ cat flexbuilder-i.sh
#! /bin/bash
unset PS1
./flexbuilder_linux_install_a4_081408.bin