How to install TweetDeck (and other Adobe Air Apps) into Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

As a means of making it easier for myself and other to install (or re-install) Ubuntu with their favourite apps, I am taking note of each problem and solution I find along the way of my latest installation of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope. I do not take credit for any of the fixes in this post, and have collected the information from various sources (which I will endeavour to note along the way).

N.B. While I have used these instructions myself and have done my best to ensure that they do not negatively impact your installation, I do not take any responsibility for unexpected outcomes. Please use this information with common sense, and if you don’t have any, please do not use any of the follow steps.

Installation

Step 1 – Adobe Air

Tweetdeck is an Adobe Air program, and as such, you must first install AIR. I have successfully used this site http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5925758 to install it a couple of times, so would suggest that you check it out first, but if you are in a hurry, try the steps below.

1. Download and install the ia32-libs package by opening your System -> Administration – > Synaptic Package Manager

2. Download the AdobeAIRInstaller.bin file from http://www.adobe.com/products/air/

3. You’re now ready to install Air so make the bin file executable open a terminal and use the following code
Code:
chmod +x ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

4. And now start the installation.
Code:
./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

5. After the installation is completed check and make sure that all the required 32-bit libraries for Adobe Air are present on your system. Type the following:
Code:
ldd /opt/"Adobe AIR"/Versions/1.0/airappinstaller
ldd /opt/"Adobe AIR"/Versions/1.0/Resources/"Adobe AIR Updater"
ldd /opt/"Adobe AIR"/Versions/1.0/Resources/airappinstaller
ldd /opt/"Adobe AIR"/Versions/1.0/Resources/appentry

6. Scroll through the lists and make sure that none of them say ‘not found’. As long as none of the libraries are listed as ‘not found’ then you should now be able to install and run any .air applications.

7. Finally thanks to a fix from antitezo http://bit.ly/HgxU simply use this code to enable web access for you adobe air applications.
Code:
sudo apt-get install lib32nss-mdns
sudo getlibs -l libgnome-keyring.so
sudo getlibs -l libgnome-keyring.so.0
sudo getlibs -l libgnome-keyring.so.0.1.1

Step 2 – Tweetdeck

Now all that is left is to download Tweetdeck from http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/

Now run the TweetDeck_0_25.air file and follow the displayed steps.

Note: You are now able to install and run pretty much all of the other Adobe Air programs.

Hope you find these instructions helpful, and that they save you time digging through the Internet.