<div dir="ltr">So, the WINE thing didn't work out. I don't know how I got drawn in to Windows Hell. I should have persevered with the Linux install.<div><br></div><div style>Anyway, back to the install on Ubuntu. There was a problem reported by Adobe Air, during install, that related to the GNOME Keyring. I tried various things with the Keyring but had no luck.</div>
<div style>It looked like the keyring wasn't being seen by the Air installation. So, I wondered if the files were in the wrong place. After all, some coders will look to Red Hat based Fedora as their first call - whereas the most popular desktop is Ubuntu. </div>
<div style>I did a 'locate' on the keyring to find out where the various files were located. To cut a long story short I wondered if Air was looking in /usr/lib rather than the deeper directory in which it resides on Ubuntu 12.04. This was my thought because the directory on Ubuntu was <a href="/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/" style="color:rgb(52,101,164)">/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/</a> which takes no account of 64 bit installations. So I tried a couple of symbolic links and it worked!!</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>So this is a rough guide on how to get Zinio working on Ubuntu 12.04. If you have a different distro have a look to see where those linked files exist on your distro and alter the links accordingly.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>From this list:</div><div style><a style="color:rgb(52,101,164)" href="http://helpx.adobe.com/air/kb/archived-air-sdk-version.html">http://helpx.adobe.com/air/kb/archived-air-sdk-version.html</a><br>
</div><div style>Download:</div><div style>Adobe AIR 2.6.0 Linux (15.4 MB) Runtime<br></div><div style><br></div><div style>Download the Zinio app via:</div><div style><a style="color:rgb(52,101,164)" href="http://imgs.zinio.com/zinio-reader/installers/ZinioReader4.air">http://imgs.zinio.com/zinio-reader/installers/AdobeAIRInstaller</a><br>
</div><div style><br></div><div style>Most people will be aware of the command for symbolic links but, if not, the syntax is:</div><div style>ln -s targetFileOrDirectoryWithPath nameOfLinkWithPath</div><div style>I effectively put a couple of files into /usr/lib via these symbolic links:</div>
<div style>sudo ln -s <a style="color:rgb(52,101,164)" href="/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgnome-keyring.so.0">/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgnome-keyring.so.0</a> <a style="color:rgb(52,101,164)" href="/usr/lib/libgnome-keyring.so.0">/usr/lib/libgnome-keyring.so.0</a><br>
sudo ln -s <a style="color:rgb(52,101,164)" href="/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgnome-keyring.so.0.2.0">/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgnome-keyring.so.0.2.0</a> <a style="color:rgb(52,101,164)" href="/usr/lib/libgnome-keyring.so.0.2.0">/usr/lib/libgnome-keyring.so.0.2.0</a></div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Right click > Properties > Permissions on AdobeAIRInstaller.bin, within Nautilus File Manager and set to allow execution - or via the command line as you wish.</div><div style><br></div>
<div style>I think I used sudo for the next command but it should be OK without.</div><div style>Go to the directory where the downloaded Air file exists then execute :-</div><div style>./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin</div><div style>
to install it.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Then, in Nautilus, simply double click on the ZinioReader4.air file to install.</div><div style><br></div><div style>That's it!</div><div style><br></div><div style>
Brian</div></div>