The Junk In My Trunk

On Friday of last week my dad came over. He got to our house at around 8:30pm. We left for Arkansas around 7am the next morning. His van didn’t have any heat, and it was freezing in Michigan. Over the night, we got some serious snow. It was a stressful start to our week.

We finnally got to my grandparents house 18 hours later. A trip that was supposed to take no more then 14 hours, took 4 hours longer then that because of snow, snow, snow, and more snow. I hate snow.

And right away it was obvious that this was going to be a long week. I never realized this before, but my grandparents are hard to get a long with! It’s not that they are bad people - they are great people. It’s just that they come from a totally different generation then we do. And it isn’t even just that, it’s that they come from a totally differet part of the country then we do - which makes everything from our political views, to our religious views, to our eating habbits different.

It is Thursday now, and most of the week is over. I THINK we are going to leave tomorrow to head back to Michigan. We are going to make it a two day trip this time and spend the night somewhere along the way.

But as the week goes on, things have gotten better. we are all getting along, and possibily even having a little fun. Lets hope the rest of the week continues to get better!

For all five of us Flex developers out there running OpenSUSE 11, here is how I figured out how to install the new Flex Builder Linux alpha 4:

• Install Eclipse (if that link doesn’t work, just search “eclipse” here)
• Download Flex Builder Linux alpha 4 (if that link doesn’t work, just go here to find it)
• Open a terminal window and su to root
• Run this command (replacing the file path with the right one):

  sh flexbuilder_linux_install_a4_081408.bin

• When prompted, specify /home/username/Adobe_flex_builder as the install location.
• When prompted, specify /usr/share/eclipse as the eclipse folder.
• When prompted, Install debug version of flash, not other option.
• When done installing, exit root, and close the terminal window.
• Open Eclipse and go to help > software updates > manage configuration.
• Right click in the left pane and click Add > Extension Location
• Specify the /home/username/Adobe_flex_builder directory and restart eclipse.
• Switch your workspace (it can be the same one).
• (optional?) Go to Window > Open Perspective and select Flex Development.

This is what I had to do to get it working. (Adobe’s install instructions were less then helpful.) I hope it helps you too! And obviously, these directions might change as new versions of Flex Builder Linux are released.