How do I compile an apache air app under linux?

Question

I am trying to use FDT to compile and run a simple application. I've tried following the tutorial at:

http://fdt.powerflasher.com/docs/Installing_and_Running_FDT

but it is pretty thin on details.

Basically, I downloaded and installed the FDT Free tarball for 64bit linux from http://fdt.powerflasher.com/buy-download/

It complained about not having a Flex SDK, so I downloaded the all platforms package for Adobe Flex 4.6 SDK from http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/flex-sdk-download.html

I then created a sample app trying to follow the instructions at: http://fdt.powerflasher.com/docs/Flex_/_Air_Tutorial#Creating_Our_Project

Changing nothing in the sample app, I clicked on SampleApp.mxml and selected Run As FDT AIR Application.

All I got for my trouble was a

/home/peter/opt/flex_sdk_4.6/bin/adl: 1: /home/peter/opt/flex_sdk_4.6/bin/adl: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

The only parentheses in the SampleApp that I can find are in a comment on line 5.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
    xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
    <fx:Declarations>
        <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
    </fx:Declarations>
</s:WindowedApplication>

I've also found some instructions for installing the Apache Flex SDK at http://flex.apache.org/installer.html But those instructions don't work both the download links that seemed to apply were broken:

http://apache.mirror.colo-serv.net/flex/installer/3.2/binaries/apache-flex-sdk-installer-3.2.0-bin.deb

https://builds.apache.org/job/flex-sdk_release/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/out/apache-flex-sdk-4.12.0-bin.tar.gz

Answer 1

Seems like Adobe AIR isn't supported on linux. https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2249067

2. Re: Installing AIR on Ubuntu 16 ridhijain Adobe Employee ridhijain Employee Jun 12, 2017 3:01 AM (in response to vurkkosturiumGajo) Hi,
   Adobe AIR is no more supported on Linux platforms. Please see Tech specs and system requirements | Adobe AIR for supported platforms. The last Adobe AIR version supported on Linux was version 2.6. This is available for download from the AIR Archive page. Thanks!

This guy did it with wine: http://jcward.com/Setup+AIR+3.9+SDK+On+Ubuntu+12.04