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Linux install

System Requirements​

To install and run AIR your development environment must meet these minimum requirements:

  • Linux
  • 1.3GB free disk space (for the AIR SDK and does not include other tools)
  • A version of Java 11 JDK

Install the SDK​

You have two options to install the AIR SDK. The recommended method is to use the AIR SDK Manager. The manager will inform you of available updates and minimise the download required for each update.

Alternatively you can manually download the AIR SDK.

  1. Download the latest release bundle of the AIR SDK Manager:
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  1. Unzip the application to your preferred location and run the AIRSDKManager executable.

  2. Once installed, set the AIR SDKs Location on your machine.

AIR SDK Location

This location will be where the AIR SDK Manager installs versions of the AIR SDK. This can be an existing directory of AIR SDKs however it is recommended to select a new location, eg /Users/<your-user-name>/sdks/air

The manager will construct a directory for each major version of the AIR SDK (eg AIRSDK_50.2.1), with point releases just be considered as updates.

  1. Select one of the available SDK versions and click the gear icon to Install the SDK. Once installed you can click Locate to locate the installation.

Architecture​

The AIR SDK has a different implementation for x86 (64bit) and ARM systems. The architecture will be set automatically when you download an SDK through the AIR SDK Manager.

Set your Environment​

Next you will want to add the AIR SDK tools to your path so you can execute the build commands.

  1. Permanently adding the path will depend on the shell you are using on your machine. Typing echo $SHELL in your Terminal will generally tell you which sheel you are using and then you can edit the rc file for that shell type, the most common types are:
  • /bin/bash: Edit the .bash_profile or .bashrc file
  • /bin/zsh: Edit the .zshrc file
  1. Once you have determined the shell type add the following changing the [AIR_SDK_PATH] to be the path you extracted the AIR SDK to above:
export AIR_HOME=[AIR_SDK_PATH]
export PATH="${PATH}":"${AIR_HOME}/bin"

  1. Run source ~/.<rc file> or start a new Terminal window to refresh the environment.

  2. Verify the AIR SDK bin directory is in your path by running:

echo $PATH

Verify you can access the AIR SDK commands by running:

which adt adl
note

You can check the version of the AIR SDK by running

adt -version

Java​

You must make sure you have the Java Developmet Kit (JDK) installed and that your JAVA_HOME environment variable is set to the JDK's folder.

We currently recommend using Java 17 but check the release notes for any changes.