Adobe AIR installationAdobe® AIR® allows you to run AIR applications. You can install the runtime in the following ways:
The system requirements for installing AIR and running AIR applications are detailed here: Adobe AIR: System requirements (http://www.adobe.com/products/air/systemreqs/). Both the runtime installer and the AIR application installer create log files when they install, update, or remove AIR applications or the AIR runtime itself. You can consult these logs to help determine the cause of any installation problems. See Installation logs on desktop computers. Note: On iOS, the AIR runtime is not installed separately; every
AIR app is a self-contained application.
Installing Adobe AIRTo install or update the runtime, a user must have administrative privileges for the computer. Install the runtime on a Windows computer
Install the runtime on a Mac computer
Install the runtime on a Linux computerUsing the binary installer:
Adobe AIR is installed as a native package. In other words, as rpm on an rpm based distribution and deb on a Debian distribution. Currently AIR does not support any other package format. Using the package installers:
Installing AIR 2 and AIR applications requires you to have administrator privileges on your computer. Adobe AIR is installed to the following location: /opt/Adobe AIR/Versions/1.0 AIR registers the mime-type "application/vnd.adobe.air-application-installer-package+zip", which means that .air files are of this mime-type and are therefore registered with the AIR runtime. Install the runtime on an Android deviceYou can install the latest release of the AIR runtime from the Android Market. You can install development versions of the AIR runtime from a link on a web page or by using the ADT -installRuntime command. Only one version of the AIR runtime can be installed at a time; you cannot have both a release and a development version installed. See ADT installRuntime command for more information. Install the runtime on an iOS deviceThe necessary AIR runtime code is bundled with each application created for iPhone, iTouch, and iPad devices. You do not install a separate runtime component. Removing Adobe AIROnce you have installed the runtime, you can remove it using the following procedures. Remove the runtime on a Windows computer
Remove the runtime on a Mac computer
Remove the runtime on a Linux computerDo one of the following:
Remove the runtime from an Android device
You can also use the ADT -uninstallRuntime command. See ADT uninstallRuntime command for more information. Installing and running the AIR sample applicationsTo install or update an AIR application, a user must have administrative privileges for the computer. Some sample applications are available that demonstrate AIR features. You can access and install them using the following instructions:
Note: Check the AIR release notes for updates to these
instructions, which are located here: http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_air_relnotes.
Adobe AIR updatesPeriodically, Adobe updates Adobe AIR with new features or fixes to minor problems. The Automatic Notification and Update feature allows Adobe to automatically notify users when an updated version of Adobe AIR is available. Updates to Adobe AIR ensure that Adobe AIR works properly and often contain important changes to security. Adobe recommends that users update to the latest version of Adobe AIR whenever a new version is available, especially when a security update is mentioned. By default, when an AIR application is launched, the runtime checks if an update is available. It performs this check if it has been more than two weeks since the last update check. If an update is available, AIR downloads the update in the background. Users can disable the auto-update capability by using the AIR SettingsManager application. The AIR SettingsManager application is available for download at http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/applications/SettingsManager/SettingsManager.air. The normal installation process for Adobe AIR includes connecting to http://airinstall.adobe.com to send basic information about the installation environment such as operating system version and language. This information is only transmitted once per installation and it allows Adobe to confirm that the installation was successful. No personally identifiable information is collected or transmitted. |
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