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JT673
April 1st, 2008, 06:46 AM
I have completely no idea why you'd want a deb package...Other than if you're remastering (making a custom LiveCD/DVD) (like I am):

http://www.mediafire.com/?x2xymf72k0x

What I did was:

1) I downloaded and installed the .BIN file like Adobe said.
2) Look in /tmp. There should be two folders that start with "air.". Go in to the one that has the directory "build" in it, and go into that.
3)
cp -r opt/Adobe\ AIR/Versions/1.0/control/ DEBIAN
This will copy the control and post/pre install scripts.
4)
cd .. && dpkg -b build adobeair-enu_0.1alpha_i386.deb

That should do it.

loell
April 1st, 2008, 07:57 AM
hmm, interesting, will this also add an entry in the menu like the bin does?

JT673
April 2nd, 2008, 03:22 AM
hmm, interesting, will this also add an entry in the menu like the bin does?

Yep (all the files are decompressed into those two folders in /tmp)

loell
April 2nd, 2008, 04:21 AM
Yep (all the files are decompressed into those two folders in /tmp)

i'm kinda skeptical, how that would add the entry in the gnome menu, if its just copying the original files into the /tmp directory.

JT673
April 2nd, 2008, 05:33 AM
i'm kinda skeptical, how that would add the entry in the gnome menu, if its just copying the original files into the /tmp directory.

No, it unpacks into the /tmp dir, then copies all the files into your root folder. That's why there's a "opt" and "usr" folder in "build"; it overlays onto of your system, like layers in GIMP/Photoshop.

loell
April 2nd, 2008, 07:04 AM
i see :)

ZephyrXero
June 4th, 2009, 10:00 PM
I have completely no idea why you'd want a deb package...

Oh I don't know...maybe perhaps I might want to easily uninstall Air one day, or ::gasp:: upgrade ;)