Set Up Ria Development Environment On Ubuntu

Set up Ubuntu 64 Bit for RIA Flex Development Step1: Install Flash 10 On

Adobe has released Flash 10. The plugin is of better quality than Flash 9. I will add this manual install section for those that would like to do it themselves. I would only use the instructions on Hardy, though Gutsy might work. Click Here to download Getlibs Click Here to get Flash 10 Save the files to your desktop, if you save files to a different location, drag them to your desktop. First 1. Open a terminal and execute the following commands for removal of old plugins. Some may error out saying they cant find a file, that's ok. We just want to make sure they are removed if they exist. Code: sudo apt-get -y purge nspluginwrapper sudo apt-get -y purge mozilla-plugin-gnash sudo apt-get -y purge swfdec-mozilla sudo rm -rfd /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libflashplayer.so sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-nonfree sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libflashplayer.so sudo rm -f /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so Next we install new stuff. Code: cd ~/Desktop sudo apt-get sudo dpkg -i sudo getlibs sudo getlibs sudo getlibs

-y install nspluginwrapper getlibs-all.deb -p libcurl3 -p libnss3-1d -p libnspr4-0d

We install the flash plugin Code: tar -xzvf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz install_flash_player_10_linux sudo mv -f ~/Desktop/install_flash_player_10_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/ We wrap it and link it. Code: sudo nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/ libflashplayer.so

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/ Then restart your browser. If flash does not work DO Not install other scripts. Run all the commands above again. Other scripts will only make things worse. DO Not try other methods, these may leave files in place that will cause problems. Read the How to get help section below before making any posts.

Step2: Install Flex SDK and FlexBean Plugin Download Flex SDK from Adobe site. The version I downloaded was 3.3.0.4852. Unzip the tar ball to any location on your machine. Installed NetBeans 6.5.1 and download FlexBean . To install FlexBean plugin, unzip it first, then NetBeans->Tools->Plugins, click "Downloaded" Tab, and click "Add Plugins" button to open the "Add Plugins" dialog, then browse to the unzipped org-netbeans-moduleflexbean-1.1.1.nbm, click OK to save. Finally click "Install" to install the FlexBean plugin. Next, set the Flex SDK from NetBeans menu bar: "Toos"->"Flex Platforms". A dialog titled "Flex Platforms" will pop up; click "Add Platform..." to browse to the Flex SDK folder, which is where the Flex SDK tar ball was extracted to.

Step3: Import Existing Flex Projects

Because currently FlexBean does not have import from existing source feature, some tricks are requested to import an existing Flex project. First, create a new Flex Application by "File"->"New Project", select "Flex Application", enter any project name say "MyFlexApp" and click OK. Now you have a project that contains one source file, Main.mxml under /MyFlexApp/src To link the existing source directory to MyFlexApp project, cd to where MyFlexApp project is stored. There is a "src/" directory cd /MyFlexApp rm -f -r src ln -s <EXISTING_SOURCE_DIR> src cd src ln -s <EXISTING_MAIN_MXML> Main.mxml cd ~/netbeanprojects/FlexQosApp rm -f -r src ln -s ~/dev/jboss-4.2.2.GA/server/default/deploy/QosExplorer.war/com src ln -s ~/dev/jboss-4.2.2.GA/server/default/deploy/QosExplorer.war/QosMain.mxml Main.mxml Now if you look under the src directory again, you will see the existing source code there.

Step4: Build Flex Project

Ｉused the following command to build my project's main mxml file, QosMain.mxml. Replace the file name and the library path to fit your setting. mxmlc QosMain.mxml -compiler.include-libraries+=~/dev/jboss-4.2.2.GA/server/default/ deploy/QosExplorer.war/WEB-INF/flex/user_classes/ To compile from NetBeans IDE. First set the external library to include that in ~/dev/ jboss-4.2.2.GA/server/default/deploy/QosExplorer.war/WEB-INF/flex/user_classes by selecting "QosFlexApp" project from Project Panel, and right click to select "Property". On left "Categories" panel of "Property" dialog, select "Libraries", then under "Components" section, click "External" tab, and then click "Add Ext" button to browse to the location of the external swc libraries. Now you should be ready to build and run from IDE.