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trontonic

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Registered: 2008-07-21

Posts: 80

[Solved] Tweetdeck on x86_64

There's an application named Tweetdeck that supposedly is a great combination with Twitter.
However, I'm unable to try it out, since both adobe-air and adobe-air-sdk are outdated and doesn't support x86_64.
The packages are outdated in AUR.

Has anybody been able to install Tweetdeck on x86_64?

Last edited by trontonic (2009-07-05 23:34:00)

trontonic

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Registered: 2008-07-21

Posts: 80

Re: [Solved] Tweetdeck on x86_64

Ok, I made it work.

1. install lib32-gnome-keyring from AUR, with these changes in the PKGBUILD:

md5sums=('03a0fc2ac9a56b60b055c19e29ebd3af')
source=('ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/i686/gnome-keyring-2.26.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz')

2. install bin32-adobe-air from AUR (if you use yaourt, use --noconfirm to not having to answer all the questions). Add this line in the PKGBUILD:

provides=('adobe-air')

3. fix the symlink that is created by bin32-adobe-air:

sudo rm /usr/bin/adobe-air
sudo ln -s /opt/lib32/usr/bin/adobe-air /usr/bin/adobe-air

4. install tweetdeck from AUR. Use --noconfirm and --ignorearch with yaourt, or edit the PKGBUILD so that:

arch=('i686' 'x86_64')

That's it. Tweetdeck should now be on your menu, under "Internet". It should also be possible to do the following from the commandline:

adobe-air /opt/tweetdeck/TweetDeck_0_26.air

Phew. Now to test if the application is worth its salt...

Last edited by trontonic (2009-07-05 23:31:53)