Tuesday, September 15, 2009

How to install Seesmic desktop/Tweet deck on Ubuntu

Ubuntu users who want either Seesmic desktop or Tweet deck on their Ubuntu box here is a small procedure:
  1. Open the Terminal
  2. Use wget to download http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/1.5/AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
  3. Set the file to be executable: chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
  4. Run it: sudo ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
  5. Accept any AIR updates
  6. Use wget to download Seesmic Desktop from http://d.seesmic.com/seesmic/SeesmicDesktop-0.2.1.air
  7. On the Ubuntu desktop, not terminal, look under Applications->Accessories or Applications->Other for Adobe AIR Application Installer and run it
  8. Select SeesmicDesktop-0.2.1.air and the normal Seesmic Desktop installer will run
Almost the same procedure for Tweet deck ,once Adobe AIR is installed.

I found this very helpful article here. Thanks!