How to Install Adobe Flex Builder Linux on Fedora 9

13 May
2008
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It took me a while to get it up and running so I thought to write about it to ease the process for others. Fedora 9 comes with its own “Eclipse” in the packages however when you try to install Flex it will complain about not finding the configuration directory. Here are the Steps you need to have it work.
1) Download Eclipse from here http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.3.2-200802211800/eclipse-SDK-3.3.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz . The one that comes with Fedora will not work
2)Unzip it in any directory of your choosing but keep track of where it is
3) Download the Adobe Flex Builder from here http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flex/flexbuilder_linux/

4) Perferably save it to the Desktop and rename it as Flex, unless you want to type all this in the terminal lexbuilder_linux_install_a3_033108.
5) Open a Terminal
6)write: cd Desktop
7) sh Flex.bin
8 ) It should Launch the Installer, Navigate to where you unzipped the Eclipse Folder
9) After Installation is Done, open that Eclipse and it should work.
Do not use the Standard eclipse that comes with Fedora 9.

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7 Responses to How to Install Adobe Flex Builder Linux on Fedora 9

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O?uz Demirkap?No Gravatar

May 13th, 2008 at 10:10 am

I think you mean Flex Builder not Flex. :)

Thanks for the tip.

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TomNo Gravatar

July 5th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

That really blows…there’s nothing wrong with Europa. Man Adobe is really falling behind here. Always these feeble attempts into the programming world…They just gotta stick to graphics. sheesh. LOL and the funny thing is I’m a graphics designer and web programmer…I love Adobe and I’m even saying this.

Thanks for your help on this because I installed twice banging my head over it all.

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Brad JonesNo Gravatar

July 29th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

I just tried to follow your instructions but every time I try and fire up Eclipse it crashes with the following:

#
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0×095f2817, pid=7900, tid=3087436064
#
# Java VM: OpenJDK Client VM (1.6.0-b09 mixed mode linux-x86)
# Problematic frame:
# C [UTF-16.so+0x817] gconv+0×327
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /opt/FlexBuilder/Adobe/hs_err_pid7900.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#
./Adobe_Flex_builder.sh: line 93: 7900 Aborted “${ECLIPSE_LOCATION}”/eclipse -vmargs -Xmx512M

Any ideas????
I had a look through that log file but it didn’t really contain anything that useful. Just a stack of stuff like this:

Registers:
EAX=0xbfea9645, EBX=0xa319b1a4, ECX=0xbfea8ef0, EDX=0×03cc3000
ESP=0xbfea8e80, EBP=0xbfea8ea8, ESI=0xbfea8eec, EDI=0xbfea8ee4
EIP=0xa2a1cae4, CR2=0×03cc3000, EFLAGS=0×00210206

Anyway if anyones got any fixes for this that would be awsome.

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Brad JonesNo Gravatar

July 29th, 2008 at 6:57 pm

Dont worry I downloaded the latest version of Eclipse, 3.4 and it worked fine.

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daveNo Gravatar

November 9th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

you could always use sh flex* without changing the file name

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Gaurav_MudgilNo Gravatar

November 26th, 2008 at 6:34 am

Hi All
I am installing flex builder on my linux machine by following steps mentioned above and when i install the flex builder it launches the installer pop up and after accepting the agreement it shows "Please wait Adobe flex builder is being configured for your system please wait for a moment" and next , previous , cancel buttons hangs down and there is no any progress after this screen. I waited for the 2-4 hours but it does not progress and hangs down my system.

My Linux version is – Fedora 8
Flex builder version – flexbuilder_linux_install_a4_081408.bin
Eclipse – 3.x

Any help would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks

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ajNo Gravatar

July 1st, 2010 at 4:24 am

Do you need a SDK for this one?

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