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Posted to users@flex.apache.org by Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> on 2013/02/22 08:25:53 UTC

Install question

1. I'm stuck on this install step from the README:

4.  In the installer project, add ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.  

I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the build.xml, but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding something?

2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below. There are a lot of stack overflow reports on this, but I'm not clear on what the correct solution is. I'm not clear if this is even an error that needs to be fixed, the build is indicated as successful.

$ ant get-as3commons.swc
  [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource flexTasks.tasks. It could not be found.

Thanks.

Re: Install question

Posted by Lee Burrows <su...@leeburrows.com>.
Hi Joe

This is on the to-do list (see 
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-33395?focusedCommentId=13578450&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-13578450).

I'm meant to be working on it, but haven't made much progress yet due to 
work commitments :(

-- 
Lee Burrows
ActionScripter



On 22/02/2013 08:55, Joe Kryzak wrote:
> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
>
> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be better off waiting.
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> Joe
>
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
>
>> 4.  In the installer project, add ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the installer uses code form the common project (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>
>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK modules/antTasks.
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
>
>

Re: Install question

Posted by Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>.
Got it - but when I use a full path on the -config=<xml file> value, I get 'Installation Aborted', which may have been half the problem. I had to change to the directory that the xml file was in, and reference the binary using the full path. I'm wondering if mounting the application from the command line allowed the program to exit based on 'installation aborted'?

Thanks for all the help, Justin, Om and Alex.




On Feb 22, 2013, at 10:40 PM, Joe Kryzak wrote:

Yes, I have no doubt this will work. Trying Alex's suggestion.


On Feb 22, 2013, at 10:38 PM, Om wrote:

On Feb 22, 2013 10:30 PM, "Alex Harui" <ah...@adobe.com> wrote:
> 
> Last time I downloaded and "installed" the installer, it put it in
> /Applications/Apache Flex/
> 
> Do you have one there?  See if you can just click on it in Finder and see
if
> it runs.
> 
> Then, all I did was open a terminal window, change to that folder and ran
> ./Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app/ -config=<path to xml file>
> 
> It ran, but I didn't have an easy way to verify if it used that xml file
> though.

I can verify that this works as advertised.  Although it was on Windows.
No reason why it won't use the specified xml file on a Mac.

Om

> 
> 
> On 2/22/13 10:19 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> 
>> Ultimately what I'm trying to do is run FP 11.5 with FB 4.7 and AF
4.9.0. To
>> do that, I need to download the installer, modify the config file, and
run the
>> installer on the command line with the '-config' option with modified
xml. Lee
>> is working on a binary for this, but it's not ready yet. On mac, you
have to
>> mount the directory and then either invoke the binary with the options,
or
>> 'open' the binary enclosing folder with the --args argument for
-config. I
>> thought it would make sense if the app was in the Application folder
with
>> everything else.
>> 
>> I don't see anything for a default location - I would assume the
/Application
>> directory would be it. I'd put it in /dev/null if I thought that would
work,
>> let me know if there is a preference.
>> 
>> Joe
>> 
>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah, 3.5 is late enough.  Why are you copying files around?  Why not
use it
>> as installed?
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/22/13 10:04 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I was running AIR 3.5.0.890, and updated to AIR 3.6.0.5970, same
result -
>>> google is telling me that AIR 3.5 is certified for apache flex.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:28 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
>>> 
>>> OK, I googled that response and it seems to imply you don't have recent
>>> enough version of AIR installed.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2/22/13 9:19 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Correct - I'm using the full path. Of course, after running (after
>>>> mounting):
>>>> 
>>>> sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer/Install Apache
Flex
>>>> SDK
>>>> Installer.app" /Applications
>>>> 
>>>> Is there a way to report a version?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Are you saying you ran the first command line and the response was a
list of
>>>> "Available Options"?
>>>> 
>>>> I tried an equivalent command-line on Mac and it worked for me.  I
noticed
>>>> you are not installed in the default location.  Maybe there is an
older
>>>> version around somewhere?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 2/22/13 6:28 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Om -
>>>>> 
>>>>> The mac binary doesn't recognize the option -
>>>>> 
>>>>> $ ./Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer
>>>>> -config=/home/jk/Downloads/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>>>> Available Options: -silent { -eulaAccepted ( -location <dir> )
>>>>> -desktopShortcut -programMenu -allowDownload }
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm in
>>>>> 
>>>>> /Applications/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer.app/Contents/MacOS
>>>>> 
>>>>> I also tried to invoke with 'open', but it dies instantly:
>>>>> 
>>>>> open -a /Applications/Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app
--args
>>>>> -config=sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Om wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here are the steps:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1.  Download and install the released Installer from here:
>>>>> flex.apache.org/installer
>>>>> 2.  Download the file from
>>>>> http://flex.apache.org/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml to your hard
disk (ex.
>>>>> to: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml )
>>>>> 3.  Open c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml and modify the xml node for
>>>>> FlashPlayer:
>>>>> 
>>>>> from:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>>>>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/"
file="*
>>>>> playerglobal11_1.swc*" version="*11.1*"/>
>>>>> 
>>>>> to:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>>>>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/"
file="*
>>>>> playerglobal11_5.swc*" version="*11.5*"/>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 4.  Save the file: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>>>> 5.  From the command line, invoke the Installer using an argument
like
>>>>> this:
>>>>> 
>>>>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Flex\Apache Flex SDK
Installer>*"Apache Flex
>>>>> SDK Installer.exe" -config=c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml*
>>>>> *
>>>>> *
>>>>> This is how you tell the Installer to download flash player 11.5
instead of
>>>>> the defaults.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 6.  Once the installer finishes its thing, open the SDK folder where
Apache
>>>>> Flex 4.9 is installed and open the file:  frameworks/flex-config.xml
>>>>> 7.  Modify these two xml nodes:
>>>>> 
>>>>> from:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>>>>> SWF. -->
>>>>> <target-player>*11.1*</target-player>
>>>>> 
>>>>> <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>>>>> <swf-version>*14*</swf-version>
>>>>> 
>>>>> to:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>>>>> SWF. -->
>>>>> <target-player>*11.5*</target-player>
>>>>> 
>>>>> <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>>>>> <swf-version>*18*</swf-version>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 8.  Save flex-config.xml
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> You should be good to go now.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please let me know if you run into any problems.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Om
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>
wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Trying to install 4.9.0 on Flash Builder 4.7 with Flash Player 11.5.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Joe
>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Om wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Joe,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier
- what
>>>>>> exactly is your end goal?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Om
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>
wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Guys -
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I
interpreted
>>>>>>> the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want
to
>>>>>> waste
>>>>>>> your time.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
>>>>>>> underneath Flash Builder sdks.
>>>>>>> 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
>>>>>>> directory and the
>>>>>>> 'common' directory in the root.
>>>>>>> No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and
have
>>>>>>> done sudo installs.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 2.  In the installer directory run:
>>>>>>>  ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>>>>> This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
>>>>>>> the libs
>>>>>>> directory.
>>>>>>> In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful.
Only later
>>>>>>> do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to
be dealt
>>>>>>> with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't
indicated as
>>>>>>> an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
>>>>>>> messages that I usually ignore.
>>>>>>> $ ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>>>>> Buildfile:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xm>>>>>
> l
>>>>>>> [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource
flexTasks.tasks. It
>>>>>>> could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
>>>>>>> [mkdir] Created dir:
>>>>>>> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
>>>>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common
>>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> s
>>>>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>>>>> [get] To:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
>> 
>>> 
>>> m
>>>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>>>>> [get] ..........
>>>>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common
>>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> s
>>>>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>>>> [get] To:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
>> 
>>> 
>>> m
>>>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>>>> [get] .
>>>>>>> [delete] Deleting:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
>> 
>>> 
>>> m
>>>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>>>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
>>>>>>> At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to
this
>>>>>>> step and asked users@ what the message meant.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib
directory or
>>>>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>>>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
>>>>>>> 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source
directory,
>>>>>> both
>>>>>>> turn up nothing:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> $ find . -name "modules"
>>>>>>> $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
>>>>>>> $
>>>>>>> So I go to Google, and I see:
>>>>>>> the flexTasks.jar file is located at
>>>>>>> flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
>>>>>>> There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
>>>>>>> installer directory turned up null, so I assume
flash_builder_install is
>>>>>>> the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my
old
>>>>>>> 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to
use an
>>>>>>> older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is,
I'm
>>>>>>> really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the
>>>>>> installer.
>>>>>>> Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any
module
>>>>>>> directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer
source:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> $ find . -name "*tar*"
>>>>>>> $
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea
what's
>>>>>>> going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the
confusion
>>>>>> on
>>>>>>> my own.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the
original
>>>>>>> message and went onto step 3.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
>>>>>>>  APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
>>>>>>> and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and
'common'
>>>>>>> directories are
>>>>>>> located.
>>>>>>> I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the
linked
>>>>>>> resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
>>>>>>> as a source path.
>>>>>>> At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to.
I was
>>>>>>> purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the
inference is
>>>>>>> that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the
installation
>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from
command
>>>>>>> line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a
variable. So
>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of
installer
>>>>>>> project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file
>>>>>> called
>>>>>>> build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the
attributes is
>>>>>>> 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was
>>>>>> supposed
>>>>>>> to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there
is no
>>>>>>> child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so
I'm
>>>>>>> assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the
build.xml,
>>>>>>> but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding
something?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Justin writes back:
>>>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex
Build Path
>>>>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>>>>> I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands
of
>>>>>>> people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the
SDK
>>>>>> 4.9.0
>>>>>>> as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I
>>>>>> downloaded
>>>>>>> as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me
that I
>>>>>>> could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the
build
>>>>>>> process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make
>>>>>> install.
>>>>>>> At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in
Flash
>>>>>>> Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up
at this
>>>>>>> point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process
are
>>>>>>> totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you
think
>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>> close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's
single
>>>>>>> click installer which specifies FP.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks for the support though.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash
player
>>>>>>> version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I
might be
>>>>>>> better off waiting.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how
to do
>>>>>>> this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml,
modify
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a
>>>>>> command
>>>>>>> line parameter.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Let me know if you run into problems.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.
>>>>>> Hopefully
>>>>>>> that would make things easier.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Om
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Joe
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>>>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
>>>>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex
Build Path
>>>>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
>>>>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib
directory or
>>>>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>>>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Justin
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Alex Harui
>>>> Flex SDK Team
>>>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Alex Harui
>>> Flex SDK Team
>>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Alex Harui
>> Flex SDK Team
>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>> 
>> 
> 
> --
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>

Re: Install question

Posted by Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>.
Yes, I have no doubt this will work. Trying Alex's suggestion.


On Feb 22, 2013, at 10:38 PM, Om wrote:

On Feb 22, 2013 10:30 PM, "Alex Harui" <ah...@adobe.com> wrote:
> 
> Last time I downloaded and "installed" the installer, it put it in
> /Applications/Apache Flex/
> 
> Do you have one there?  See if you can just click on it in Finder and see
if
> it runs.
> 
> Then, all I did was open a terminal window, change to that folder and ran
> ./Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app/ -config=<path to xml file>
> 
> It ran, but I didn't have an easy way to verify if it used that xml file
> though.

I can verify that this works as advertised.  Although it was on Windows.
No reason why it won't use the specified xml file on a Mac.

Om

> 
> 
> On 2/22/13 10:19 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> 
>> Ultimately what I'm trying to do is run FP 11.5 with FB 4.7 and AF
4.9.0. To
>> do that, I need to download the installer, modify the config file, and
run the
>> installer on the command line with the '-config' option with modified
xml. Lee
>> is working on a binary for this, but it's not ready yet. On mac, you
have to
>> mount the directory and then either invoke the binary with the options,
or
>> 'open' the binary enclosing folder with the --args argument for
-config. I
>> thought it would make sense if the app was in the Application folder
with
>> everything else.
>> 
>> I don't see anything for a default location - I would assume the
/Application
>> directory would be it. I'd put it in /dev/null if I thought that would
work,
>> let me know if there is a preference.
>> 
>> Joe
>> 
>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah, 3.5 is late enough.  Why are you copying files around?  Why not
use it
>> as installed?
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/22/13 10:04 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I was running AIR 3.5.0.890, and updated to AIR 3.6.0.5970, same
result -
>>> google is telling me that AIR 3.5 is certified for apache flex.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:28 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
>>> 
>>> OK, I googled that response and it seems to imply you don't have recent
>>> enough version of AIR installed.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2/22/13 9:19 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Correct - I'm using the full path. Of course, after running (after
>>>> mounting):
>>>> 
>>>> sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer/Install Apache
Flex
>>>> SDK
>>>> Installer.app" /Applications
>>>> 
>>>> Is there a way to report a version?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Are you saying you ran the first command line and the response was a
list of
>>>> "Available Options"?
>>>> 
>>>> I tried an equivalent command-line on Mac and it worked for me.  I
noticed
>>>> you are not installed in the default location.  Maybe there is an
older
>>>> version around somewhere?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 2/22/13 6:28 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Om -
>>>>> 
>>>>> The mac binary doesn't recognize the option -
>>>>> 
>>>>> $ ./Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer
>>>>> -config=/home/jk/Downloads/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>>>> Available Options: -silent { -eulaAccepted ( -location <dir> )
>>>>> -desktopShortcut -programMenu -allowDownload }
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm in
>>>>> 
>>>>> /Applications/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer.app/Contents/MacOS
>>>>> 
>>>>> I also tried to invoke with 'open', but it dies instantly:
>>>>> 
>>>>> open -a /Applications/Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app
--args
>>>>> -config=sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Om wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here are the steps:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1.  Download and install the released Installer from here:
>>>>> flex.apache.org/installer
>>>>> 2.  Download the file from
>>>>> http://flex.apache.org/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml to your hard
disk (ex.
>>>>> to: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml )
>>>>> 3.  Open c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml and modify the xml node for
>>>>> FlashPlayer:
>>>>> 
>>>>> from:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>>>>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/"
file="*
>>>>> playerglobal11_1.swc*" version="*11.1*"/>
>>>>> 
>>>>> to:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>>>>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/"
file="*
>>>>> playerglobal11_5.swc*" version="*11.5*"/>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 4.  Save the file: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>>>> 5.  From the command line, invoke the Installer using an argument
like
>>>>> this:
>>>>> 
>>>>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Flex\Apache Flex SDK
Installer>*"Apache Flex
>>>>> SDK Installer.exe" -config=c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml*
>>>>> *
>>>>> *
>>>>> This is how you tell the Installer to download flash player 11.5
instead of
>>>>> the defaults.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 6.  Once the installer finishes its thing, open the SDK folder where
Apache
>>>>> Flex 4.9 is installed and open the file:  frameworks/flex-config.xml
>>>>> 7.  Modify these two xml nodes:
>>>>> 
>>>>> from:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>>>>> SWF. -->
>>>>> <target-player>*11.1*</target-player>
>>>>> 
>>>>> <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>>>>> <swf-version>*14*</swf-version>
>>>>> 
>>>>> to:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>>>>> SWF. -->
>>>>> <target-player>*11.5*</target-player>
>>>>> 
>>>>> <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>>>>> <swf-version>*18*</swf-version>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 8.  Save flex-config.xml
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> You should be good to go now.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please let me know if you run into any problems.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Om
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>
wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Trying to install 4.9.0 on Flash Builder 4.7 with Flash Player 11.5.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Joe
>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Om wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Joe,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier
- what
>>>>>> exactly is your end goal?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Om
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>
wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Guys -
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I
interpreted
>>>>>>> the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want
to
>>>>>> waste
>>>>>>> your time.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
>>>>>>> underneath Flash Builder sdks.
>>>>>>> 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
>>>>>>> directory and the
>>>>>>> 'common' directory in the root.
>>>>>>> No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and
have
>>>>>>> done sudo installs.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 2.  In the installer directory run:
>>>>>>>   ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>>>>> This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
>>>>>>> the libs
>>>>>>> directory.
>>>>>>> In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful.
Only later
>>>>>>> do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to
be dealt
>>>>>>> with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't
indicated as
>>>>>>> an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
>>>>>>> messages that I usually ignore.
>>>>>>> $ ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>>>>> Buildfile:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xm>>>>>
> l
>>>>>>> [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource
flexTasks.tasks. It
>>>>>>> could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
>>>>>>> [mkdir] Created dir:
>>>>>>> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
>>>>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common
>>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> s
>>>>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>>>>> [get] To:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
>> 
>>> 
>>> m
>>>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>>>>> [get] ..........
>>>>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common
>>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> s
>>>>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>>>> [get] To:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
>> 
>>> 
>>> m
>>>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>>>> [get] .
>>>>>>> [delete] Deleting:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
>> 
>>> 
>>> m
>>>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>>>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
>>>>>>> At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to
this
>>>>>>> step and asked users@ what the message meant.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib
directory or
>>>>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>>>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
>>>>>>> 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source
directory,
>>>>>> both
>>>>>>> turn up nothing:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> $ find . -name "modules"
>>>>>>> $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
>>>>>>> $
>>>>>>> So I go to Google, and I see:
>>>>>>> the flexTasks.jar file is located at
>>>>>>> flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
>>>>>>> There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
>>>>>>> installer directory turned up null, so I assume
flash_builder_install is
>>>>>>> the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my
old
>>>>>>> 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to
use an
>>>>>>> older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is,
I'm
>>>>>>> really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the
>>>>>> installer.
>>>>>>> Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any
module
>>>>>>> directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer
source:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> $ find . -name "*tar*"
>>>>>>> $
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea
what's
>>>>>>> going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the
confusion
>>>>>> on
>>>>>>> my own.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the
original
>>>>>>> message and went onto step 3.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
>>>>>>>   APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
>>>>>>> and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and
'common'
>>>>>>> directories are
>>>>>>> located.
>>>>>>> I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the
linked
>>>>>>> resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
>>>>>>> as a source path.
>>>>>>> At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to.
I was
>>>>>>> purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the
inference is
>>>>>>> that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the
installation
>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from
command
>>>>>>> line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a
variable. So
>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of
installer
>>>>>>> project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file
>>>>>> called
>>>>>>> build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the
attributes is
>>>>>>> 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was
>>>>>> supposed
>>>>>>> to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there
is no
>>>>>>> child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so
I'm
>>>>>>> assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the
build.xml,
>>>>>>> but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding
something?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Justin writes back:
>>>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex
Build Path
>>>>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>>>>> I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands
of
>>>>>>> people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the
SDK
>>>>>> 4.9.0
>>>>>>> as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I
>>>>>> downloaded
>>>>>>> as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me
that I
>>>>>>> could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the
build
>>>>>>> process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make
>>>>>> install.
>>>>>>> At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in
Flash
>>>>>>> Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up
at this
>>>>>>> point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process
are
>>>>>>> totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you
think
>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>> close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's
single
>>>>>>> click installer which specifies FP.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks for the support though.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash
player
>>>>>>> version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I
might be
>>>>>>> better off waiting.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how
to do
>>>>>>> this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml,
modify
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a
>>>>>> command
>>>>>>> line parameter.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Let me know if you run into problems.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.
>>>>>> Hopefully
>>>>>>> that would make things easier.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Om
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Joe
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>>>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
>>>>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex
Build Path
>>>>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
>>>>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib
directory or
>>>>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>>>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Justin
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Alex Harui
>>>> Flex SDK Team
>>>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Alex Harui
>>> Flex SDK Team
>>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Alex Harui
>> Flex SDK Team
>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>> 
>> 
> 
> --
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>

Re: Install question

Posted by Om <bi...@gmail.com>.
On Feb 22, 2013 10:30 PM, "Alex Harui" <ah...@adobe.com> wrote:
>
> Last time I downloaded and "installed" the installer, it put it in
> /Applications/Apache Flex/
>
> Do you have one there?  See if you can just click on it in Finder and see
if
> it runs.
>
> Then, all I did was open a terminal window, change to that folder and ran
> ./Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app/ -config=<path to xml file>
>
> It ran, but I didn't have an easy way to verify if it used that xml file
> though.

I can verify that this works as advertised.  Although it was on Windows.
No reason why it won't use the specified xml file on a Mac.

Om

>
>
> On 2/22/13 10:19 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>
> > Ultimately what I'm trying to do is run FP 11.5 with FB 4.7 and AF
4.9.0. To
> > do that, I need to download the installer, modify the config file, and
run the
> > installer on the command line with the '-config' option with modified
xml. Lee
> > is working on a binary for this, but it's not ready yet. On mac, you
have to
> > mount the directory and then either invoke the binary with the options,
or
> > 'open' the binary enclosing folder with the --args argument for
-config. I
> > thought it would make sense if the app was in the Application folder
with
> > everything else.
> >
> > I don't see anything for a default location - I would assume the
/Application
> > directory would be it. I'd put it in /dev/null if I thought that would
work,
> > let me know if there is a preference.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > On Feb 22, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, 3.5 is late enough.  Why are you copying files around?  Why not
use it
> > as installed?
> >
> >
> > On 2/22/13 10:04 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I was running AIR 3.5.0.890, and updated to AIR 3.6.0.5970, same
result -
> >> google is telling me that AIR 3.5 is certified for apache flex.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:28 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
> >>
> >> OK, I googled that response and it seems to imply you don't have recent
> >> enough version of AIR installed.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2/22/13 9:19 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Correct - I'm using the full path. Of course, after running (after
> >>> mounting):
> >>>
> >>> sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer/Install Apache
Flex
> >>> SDK
> >>> Installer.app" /Applications
> >>>
> >>> Is there a way to report a version?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Are you saying you ran the first command line and the response was a
list of
> >>> "Available Options"?
> >>>
> >>> I tried an equivalent command-line on Mac and it worked for me.  I
noticed
> >>> you are not installed in the default location.  Maybe there is an
older
> >>> version around somewhere?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 2/22/13 6:28 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Om -
> >>>>
> >>>> The mac binary doesn't recognize the option -
> >>>>
> >>>> $ ./Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer
> >>>> -config=/home/jk/Downloads/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
> >>>> Available Options: -silent { -eulaAccepted ( -location <dir> )
> >>>> -desktopShortcut -programMenu -allowDownload }
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm in
> >>>>
> >>>> /Applications/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer.app/Contents/MacOS
> >>>>
> >>>> I also tried to invoke with 'open', but it dies instantly:
> >>>>
> >>>> open -a /Applications/Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app
--args
> >>>> -config=sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Om wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Here are the steps:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1.  Download and install the released Installer from here:
> >>>> flex.apache.org/installer
> >>>> 2.  Download the file from
> >>>> http://flex.apache.org/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml to your hard
disk (ex.
> >>>> to: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml )
> >>>> 3.  Open c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml and modify the xml node for
> >>>> FlashPlayer:
> >>>>
> >>>> from:
> >>>>
> >>>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
> >>>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/"
file="*
> >>>> playerglobal11_1.swc*" version="*11.1*"/>
> >>>>
> >>>> to:
> >>>>
> >>>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
> >>>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/"
file="*
> >>>> playerglobal11_5.swc*" version="*11.5*"/>
> >>>>
> >>>> 4.  Save the file: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
> >>>> 5.  From the command line, invoke the Installer using an argument
like
> >>>> this:
> >>>>
> >>>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Flex\Apache Flex SDK
Installer>*"Apache Flex
> >>>> SDK Installer.exe" -config=c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml*
> >>>> *
> >>>> *
> >>>> This is how you tell the Installer to download flash player 11.5
instead of
> >>>> the defaults.
> >>>>
> >>>> 6.  Once the installer finishes its thing, open the SDK folder where
Apache
> >>>> Flex 4.9 is installed and open the file:  frameworks/flex-config.xml
> >>>> 7.  Modify these two xml nodes:
> >>>>
> >>>> from:
> >>>>
> >>>> <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
> >>>> SWF. -->
> >>>> <target-player>*11.1*</target-player>
> >>>>
> >>>> <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
> >>>> <swf-version>*14*</swf-version>
> >>>>
> >>>> to:
> >>>>
> >>>> <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
> >>>> SWF. -->
> >>>> <target-player>*11.5*</target-player>
> >>>>
> >>>> <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
> >>>> <swf-version>*18*</swf-version>
> >>>>
> >>>> 8.  Save flex-config.xml
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> You should be good to go now.
> >>>>
> >>>> Please let me know if you run into any problems.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Om
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>
wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Trying to install 4.9.0 on Flash Builder 4.7 with Flash Player 11.5.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Joe
> >>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Om wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Joe,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier
- what
> >>>>> exactly is your end goal?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Om
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>
wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Guys -
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I
interpreted
> >>>>>> the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want
to
> >>>>> waste
> >>>>>> your time.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
> >>>>>> underneath Flash Builder sdks.
> >>>>>> 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
> >>>>>> directory and the
> >>>>>> 'common' directory in the root.
> >>>>>> No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and
have
> >>>>>> done sudo installs.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 2.  In the installer directory run:
> >>>>>>    ant get-as3commons.swc
> >>>>>> This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
> >>>>>> the libs
> >>>>>> directory.
> >>>>>> In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful.
Only later
> >>>>>> do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to
be dealt
> >>>>>> with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't
indicated as
> >>>>>> an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
> >>>>>> messages that I usually ignore.
> >>>>>> $ ant get-as3commons.swc
> >>>>>> Buildfile:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
>
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xm>>>>>
> l
> >>>>>> [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource
flexTasks.tasks. It
> >>>>>> could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
> >>>>>> [mkdir] Created dir:
> >>>>>>
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
> >>>>>> [get] Getting:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> >
>
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common
>>>
> >
> >>
> >> s
> >>>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
> >>>>>> [get] To:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> >
>
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
> >
> >>
> >> m
> >>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
> >>>>>> [get] ..........
> >>>>>> [get] Getting:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> >
>
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common
>>>
> >
> >>
> >> s
> >>>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
> >>>>>> [get] To:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> >
>
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
> >
> >>
> >> m
> >>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
> >>>>>> [get] .
> >>>>>> [delete] Deleting:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> >
>
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
> >
> >>
> >> m
> >>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
> >>>>>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
> >>>>>> At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to
this
> >>>>>> step and asked users@ what the message meant.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib
directory or
> >>>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
> >>>>> modules/antTasks.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
> >>>>>> 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source
directory,
> >>>>> both
> >>>>>> turn up nothing:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> $ find . -name "modules"
> >>>>>> $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
> >>>>>> $
> >>>>>> So I go to Google, and I see:
> >>>>>> the flexTasks.jar file is located at
> >>>>>> flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
> >>>>>> There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
> >>>>>> installer directory turned up null, so I assume
flash_builder_install is
> >>>>>> the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my
old
> >>>>>> 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to
use an
> >>>>>> older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is,
I'm
> >>>>>> really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the
> >>>>> installer.
> >>>>>> Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any
module
> >>>>>> directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer
source:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> $ find . -name "*tar*"
> >>>>>> $
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea
what's
> >>>>>> going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the
confusion
> >>>>> on
> >>>>>> my own.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the
original
> >>>>>> message and went onto step 3.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
> >>>>>>    APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
> >>>>>> and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and
'common'
> >>>>>> directories are
> >>>>>> located.
> >>>>>> I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the
linked
> >>>>>> resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
> >>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
> >>>>>> as a source path.
> >>>>>> At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to.
I was
> >>>>>> purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the
inference is
> >>>>>> that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the
installation
> >>>>> of
> >>>>>> the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from
command
> >>>>>> line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a
variable. So
> >>>>> I
> >>>>>> speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of
installer
> >>>>>> project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file
> >>>>> called
> >>>>>> build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the
attributes is
> >>>>>> 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was
> >>>>> supposed
> >>>>>> to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there
is no
> >>>>>> child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so
I'm
> >>>>>> assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the
build.xml,
> >>>>>> but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding
something?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Justin writes back:
> >>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
> >>>>>> installer uses code form the common project
> >>>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex
Build Path
> >>>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
> >>>>>> I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands
of
> >>>>>> people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the
SDK
> >>>>> 4.9.0
> >>>>>> as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I
> >>>>> downloaded
> >>>>>> as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me
that I
> >>>>>> could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the
build
> >>>>>> process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make
> >>>>> install.
> >>>>>> At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in
Flash
> >>>>>> Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up
at this
> >>>>>> point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process
are
> >>>>>> totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you
think
> >>>>> I'm
> >>>>>> close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's
single
> >>>>>> click installer which specifies FP.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks for the support though.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash
player
> >>>>>> version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I
might be
> >>>>>> better off waiting.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks for the response.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how
to do
> >>>>>> this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml,
modify
> >>>>> the
> >>>>>> urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a
> >>>>> command
> >>>>>> line parameter.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Let me know if you run into problems.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.
> >>>>> Hopefully
> >>>>>> that would make things easier.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>> Om
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Joe
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
> >>>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
> >>>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
> >>>>>> installer uses code form the common project
> >>>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex
Build Path
> >>>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
> >>>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib
directory or
> >>>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
> >>>>> modules/antTasks.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>> Justin
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Alex Harui
> >>> Flex SDK Team
> >>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> >>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Alex Harui
> >> Flex SDK Team
> >> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> >> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Alex Harui
> > Flex SDK Team
> > Adobe Systems, Inc.
> > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> >
> >
>
> --
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>

Re: Install question

Posted by Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com>.
Last time I downloaded and "installed" the installer, it put it in
/Applications/Apache Flex/

Do you have one there?  See if you can just click on it in Finder and see if
it runs.

Then, all I did was open a terminal window, change to that folder and ran
./Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app/ -config=<path to xml file>

It ran, but I didn't have an easy way to verify if it used that xml file
though.


On 2/22/13 10:19 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:

> Ultimately what I'm trying to do is run FP 11.5 with FB 4.7 and AF 4.9.0. To
> do that, I need to download the installer, modify the config file, and run the
> installer on the command line with the '-config' option with modified xml. Lee
> is working on a binary for this, but it's not ready yet. On mac, you have to
> mount the directory and then either invoke the binary with the options, or
> 'open' the binary enclosing folder with the --args argument for -config. I
> thought it would make sense if the app was in the Application folder with
> everything else.
>
> I don't see anything for a default location - I would assume the /Application
> directory would be it. I'd put it in /dev/null if I thought that would work,
> let me know if there is a preference.
>
> Joe
>
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
>
> Yeah, 3.5 is late enough.  Why are you copying files around?  Why not use it
> as installed?
>
>
> On 2/22/13 10:04 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>
>> I was running AIR 3.5.0.890, and updated to AIR 3.6.0.5970, same result -
>> google is telling me that AIR 3.5 is certified for apache flex.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:28 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
>>
>> OK, I googled that response and it seems to imply you don't have recent
>> enough version of AIR installed.
>>
>>
>> On 2/22/13 9:19 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Correct - I'm using the full path. Of course, after running (after
>>> mounting):
>>>
>>> sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer/Install Apache Flex
>>> SDK
>>> Installer.app" /Applications
>>>
>>> Is there a way to report a version?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
>>>
>>> Are you saying you ran the first command line and the response was a list of
>>> "Available Options"?
>>>
>>> I tried an equivalent command-line on Mac and it worked for me.  I noticed
>>> you are not installed in the default location.  Maybe there is an older
>>> version around somewhere?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/22/13 6:28 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Om -
>>>>
>>>> The mac binary doesn't recognize the option -
>>>>
>>>> $ ./Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer
>>>> -config=/home/jk/Downloads/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>>> Available Options: -silent { -eulaAccepted ( -location <dir> )
>>>> -desktopShortcut -programMenu -allowDownload }
>>>>
>>>> I'm in
>>>>
>>>> /Applications/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer.app/Contents/MacOS
>>>>
>>>> I also tried to invoke with 'open', but it dies instantly:
>>>>
>>>> open -a /Applications/Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app --args
>>>> -config=sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Om wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here are the steps:
>>>>
>>>> 1.  Download and install the released Installer from here:
>>>> flex.apache.org/installer
>>>> 2.  Download the file from
>>>> http://flex.apache.org/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml to your hard disk (ex.
>>>> to: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml )
>>>> 3.  Open c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml and modify the xml node for
>>>> FlashPlayer:
>>>>
>>>> from:
>>>>
>>>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>>>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
>>>> playerglobal11_1.swc*" version="*11.1*"/>
>>>>
>>>> to:
>>>>
>>>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>>>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
>>>> playerglobal11_5.swc*" version="*11.5*"/>
>>>>
>>>> 4.  Save the file: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>>> 5.  From the command line, invoke the Installer using an argument like
>>>> this:
>>>>
>>>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Flex\Apache Flex SDK Installer>*"Apache Flex
>>>> SDK Installer.exe" -config=c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml*
>>>> *
>>>> *
>>>> This is how you tell the Installer to download flash player 11.5 instead of
>>>> the defaults.
>>>>
>>>> 6.  Once the installer finishes its thing, open the SDK folder where Apache
>>>> Flex 4.9 is installed and open the file:  frameworks/flex-config.xml
>>>> 7.  Modify these two xml nodes:
>>>>
>>>> from:
>>>>
>>>> <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>>>> SWF. -->
>>>> <target-player>*11.1*</target-player>
>>>>
>>>> <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>>>> <swf-version>*14*</swf-version>
>>>>
>>>> to:
>>>>
>>>> <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>>>> SWF. -->
>>>> <target-player>*11.5*</target-player>
>>>>
>>>> <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>>>> <swf-version>*18*</swf-version>
>>>>
>>>> 8.  Save flex-config.xml
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You should be good to go now.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if you run into any problems.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Om
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Trying to install 4.9.0 on Flash Builder 4.7 with Flash Player 11.5.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe
>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Om wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier - what
>>>>> exactly is your end goal?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Om
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Guys -
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I interpreted
>>>>>> the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want to
>>>>> waste
>>>>>> your time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
>>>>>> underneath Flash Builder sdks.
>>>>>> 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
>>>>>> directory and the
>>>>>> 'common' directory in the root.
>>>>>> No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and have
>>>>>> done sudo installs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2.  In the installer directory run:
>>>>>>    ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>>>> This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
>>>>>> the libs
>>>>>> directory.
>>>>>> In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful. Only later
>>>>>> do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to be dealt
>>>>>> with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't indicated as
>>>>>> an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
>>>>>> messages that I usually ignore.
>>>>>> $ ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>>>> Buildfile:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xm>>>>>
l
>>>>>> [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource flexTasks.tasks. It
>>>>>> could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
>>>>>> [mkdir] Created dir:
>>>>>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
>>>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common>>>
>
>>
>> s
>>>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>>>> [get] To:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
>
>>
>> m
>>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>>>> [get] ..........
>>>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common>>>
>
>>
>> s
>>>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>>> [get] To:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
>
>>
>> m
>>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>>> [get] .
>>>>>> [delete] Deleting:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
>
>>
>> m
>>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
>>>>>> At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to this
>>>>>> step and asked users@ what the message meant.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
>>>>>> 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source directory,
>>>>> both
>>>>>> turn up nothing:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ find . -name "modules"
>>>>>> $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
>>>>>> $
>>>>>> So I go to Google, and I see:
>>>>>> the flexTasks.jar file is located at
>>>>>> flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
>>>>>> There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
>>>>>> installer directory turned up null, so I assume flash_builder_install is
>>>>>> the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my old
>>>>>> 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to use an
>>>>>> older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is, I'm
>>>>>> really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the
>>>>> installer.
>>>>>> Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any module
>>>>>> directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer source:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ find . -name "*tar*"
>>>>>> $
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea what's
>>>>>> going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the confusion
>>>>> on
>>>>>> my own.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the original
>>>>>> message and went onto step 3.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
>>>>>>    APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
>>>>>> and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and 'common'
>>>>>> directories are
>>>>>> located.
>>>>>> I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the linked
>>>>>> resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
>>>>>> as a source path.
>>>>>> At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to. I was
>>>>>> purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the inference is
>>>>>> that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the installation
>>>>> of
>>>>>> the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from command
>>>>>> line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a variable. So
>>>>> I
>>>>>> speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of installer
>>>>>> project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file
>>>>> called
>>>>>> build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the attributes is
>>>>>> 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was
>>>>> supposed
>>>>>> to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there is no
>>>>>> child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so I'm
>>>>>> assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the build.xml,
>>>>>> but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding something?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Justin writes back:
>>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>>>> I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands of
>>>>>> people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the SDK
>>>>> 4.9.0
>>>>>> as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I
>>>>> downloaded
>>>>>> as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me that I
>>>>>> could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the build
>>>>>> process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make
>>>>> install.
>>>>>> At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in Flash
>>>>>> Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up at this
>>>>>> point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process are
>>>>>> totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you think
>>>>> I'm
>>>>>> close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's single
>>>>>> click installer which specifies FP.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the support though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player
>>>>>> version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be
>>>>>> better off waiting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how to do
>>>>>> this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml, modify
>>>>> the
>>>>>> urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a
>>>>> command
>>>>>> line parameter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let me know if you run into problems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.
>>>>> Hopefully
>>>>>> that would make things easier.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Om
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joe
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
>>>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
>>>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Justin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alex Harui
>>> Flex SDK Team
>>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Alex Harui
>> Flex SDK Team
>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>>
>>
>
> --
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>
>

--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

Re: Install question

Posted by Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>.
Ultimately what I'm trying to do is run FP 11.5 with FB 4.7 and AF 4.9.0. To do that, I need to download the installer, modify the config file, and run the installer on the command line with the '-config' option with modified xml. Lee is working on a binary for this, but it's not ready yet. On mac, you have to mount the directory and then either invoke the binary with the options, or 'open' the binary enclosing folder with the --args argument for -config. I thought it would make sense if the app was in the Application folder with everything else.

I don't see anything for a default location - I would assume the /Application directory would be it. I'd put it in /dev/null if I thought that would work, let me know if there is a preference.

Joe

On Feb 22, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Alex Harui wrote:

Yeah, 3.5 is late enough.  Why are you copying files around?  Why not use it
as installed?


On 2/22/13 10:04 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:

> I was running AIR 3.5.0.890, and updated to AIR 3.6.0.5970, same result -
> google is telling me that AIR 3.5 is certified for apache flex.
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:28 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
> 
> OK, I googled that response and it seems to imply you don't have recent
> enough version of AIR installed.
> 
> 
> On 2/22/13 9:19 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> 
>> Correct - I'm using the full path. Of course, after running (after mounting):
>> 
>> sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer/Install Apache Flex
>> SDK
>> Installer.app" /Applications
>> 
>> Is there a way to report a version?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
>> 
>> Are you saying you ran the first command line and the response was a list of
>> "Available Options"?
>> 
>> I tried an equivalent command-line on Mac and it worked for me.  I noticed
>> you are not installed in the default location.  Maybe there is an older
>> version around somewhere?
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/22/13 6:28 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Om -
>>> 
>>> The mac binary doesn't recognize the option -
>>> 
>>> $ ./Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer
>>> -config=/home/jk/Downloads/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>> Available Options: -silent { -eulaAccepted ( -location <dir> )
>>> -desktopShortcut -programMenu -allowDownload }
>>> 
>>> I'm in
>>> 
>>> /Applications/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer.app/Contents/MacOS
>>> 
>>> I also tried to invoke with 'open', but it dies instantly:
>>> 
>>> open -a /Applications/Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app --args
>>> -config=sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Om wrote:
>>> 
>>> Here are the steps:
>>> 
>>> 1.  Download and install the released Installer from here:
>>> flex.apache.org/installer
>>> 2.  Download the file from
>>> http://flex.apache.org/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml to your hard disk (ex.
>>> to: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml )
>>> 3.  Open c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml and modify the xml node for
>>> FlashPlayer:
>>> 
>>> from:
>>> 
>>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
>>> playerglobal11_1.swc*" version="*11.1*"/>
>>> 
>>> to:
>>> 
>>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
>>> playerglobal11_5.swc*" version="*11.5*"/>
>>> 
>>> 4.  Save the file: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>> 5.  From the command line, invoke the Installer using an argument like this:
>>> 
>>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Flex\Apache Flex SDK Installer>*"Apache Flex
>>> SDK Installer.exe" -config=c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml*
>>> *
>>> *
>>> This is how you tell the Installer to download flash player 11.5 instead of
>>> the defaults.
>>> 
>>> 6.  Once the installer finishes its thing, open the SDK folder where Apache
>>> Flex 4.9 is installed and open the file:  frameworks/flex-config.xml
>>> 7.  Modify these two xml nodes:
>>> 
>>> from:
>>> 
>>> <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>>> SWF. -->
>>> <target-player>*11.1*</target-player>
>>> 
>>> <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>>> <swf-version>*14*</swf-version>
>>> 
>>> to:
>>> 
>>> <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>>> SWF. -->
>>> <target-player>*11.5*</target-player>
>>> 
>>> <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>>> <swf-version>*18*</swf-version>
>>> 
>>> 8.  Save flex-config.xml
>>> 
>>> 
>>> You should be good to go now.
>>> 
>>> Please let me know if you run into any problems.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Om
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Trying to install 4.9.0 on Flash Builder 4.7 with Flash Player 11.5.
>>>> 
>>>> Joe
>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Om wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Joe,
>>>> 
>>>> I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier - what
>>>> exactly is your end goal?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Om
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Guys -
>>>>> 
>>>>> The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I interpreted
>>>>> the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want to
>>>> waste
>>>>> your time.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
>>>>> underneath Flash Builder sdks.
>>>>> 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
>>>>> directory and the
>>>>> 'common' directory in the root.
>>>>> No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and have
>>>>> done sudo installs.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2.  In the installer directory run:
>>>>>    ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>>> This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
>>>>> the libs
>>>>> directory.
>>>>> In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful. Only later
>>>>> do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to be dealt
>>>>> with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't indicated as
>>>>> an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
>>>>> messages that I usually ignore.
>>>>> $ ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>>> Buildfile:
>>>>> 
>>>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xml
>>>>> [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource flexTasks.tasks. It
>>>>> could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
>>>>> [mkdir] Created dir:
>>>>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
>>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
> 
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common>>>
> 
> s
>>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>>> [get] To:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
> 
> m
>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>>> [get] ..........
>>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
> 
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common>>>
> 
> s
>>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>> [get] To:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
> 
> m
>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>> [get] .
>>>>> [delete] Deleting:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
> 
> m
>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
>>>>> At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to this
>>>>> step and asked users@ what the message meant.
>>>>> 
>>>>> As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
>>>>> 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source directory,
>>>> both
>>>>> turn up nothing:
>>>>> 
>>>>> $ find . -name "modules"
>>>>> $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
>>>>> $
>>>>> So I go to Google, and I see:
>>>>> the flexTasks.jar file is located at
>>>>> flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
>>>>> There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
>>>>> installer directory turned up null, so I assume flash_builder_install is
>>>>> the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my old
>>>>> 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to use an
>>>>> older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is, I'm
>>>>> really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the
>>>> installer.
>>>>> Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any module
>>>>> directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer source:
>>>>> 
>>>>> $ find . -name "*tar*"
>>>>> $
>>>>> 
>>>>> Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea what's
>>>>> going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the confusion
>>>> on
>>>>> my own.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the original
>>>>> message and went onto step 3.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
>>>>>    APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
>>>>> and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and 'common'
>>>>> directories are
>>>>> located.
>>>>> I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the linked
>>>>> resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
>>>>> as a source path.
>>>>> At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to. I was
>>>>> purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the inference is
>>>>> that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the installation
>>>> of
>>>>> the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from command
>>>>> line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a variable. So
>>>> I
>>>>> speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of installer
>>>>> project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file
>>>> called
>>>>> build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the attributes is
>>>>> 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was
>>>> supposed
>>>>> to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there is no
>>>>> child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so I'm
>>>>> assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the build.xml,
>>>>> but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding something?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Justin writes back:
>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>>> I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands of
>>>>> people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the SDK
>>>> 4.9.0
>>>>> as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I
>>>> downloaded
>>>>> as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me that I
>>>>> could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the build
>>>>> process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make
>>>> install.
>>>>> At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in Flash
>>>>> Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up at this
>>>>> point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process are
>>>>> totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you think
>>>> I'm
>>>>> close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's single
>>>>> click installer which specifies FP.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for the support though.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player
>>>>> version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be
>>>>> better off waiting.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how to do
>>>>> this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml, modify
>>>> the
>>>>> urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a
>>>> command
>>>>> line parameter.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Let me know if you run into problems.
>>>>> 
>>>>> As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.
>>>> Hopefully
>>>>> that would make things easier.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Om
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Joe
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
>>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
>>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Justin
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Alex Harui
>> Flex SDK Team
>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>> 
>> 
> 
> --
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> 

-- 
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

Re: Install question

Posted by Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com>.
Yeah, 3.5 is late enough.  Why are you copying files around?  Why not use it
as installed?


On 2/22/13 10:04 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:

> I was running AIR 3.5.0.890, and updated to AIR 3.6.0.5970, same result -
> google is telling me that AIR 3.5 is certified for apache flex.
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:28 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
> 
> OK, I googled that response and it seems to imply you don't have recent
> enough version of AIR installed.
> 
> 
> On 2/22/13 9:19 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> 
>> Correct - I'm using the full path. Of course, after running (after mounting):
>> 
>> sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer/Install Apache Flex
>> SDK
>> Installer.app" /Applications
>> 
>> Is there a way to report a version?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
>> 
>> Are you saying you ran the first command line and the response was a list of
>> "Available Options"?
>> 
>> I tried an equivalent command-line on Mac and it worked for me.  I noticed
>> you are not installed in the default location.  Maybe there is an older
>> version around somewhere?
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/22/13 6:28 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Om -
>>> 
>>> The mac binary doesn't recognize the option -
>>> 
>>> $ ./Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer
>>> -config=/home/jk/Downloads/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>> Available Options: -silent { -eulaAccepted ( -location <dir> )
>>> -desktopShortcut -programMenu -allowDownload }
>>> 
>>> I'm in
>>> 
>>> /Applications/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer.app/Contents/MacOS
>>> 
>>> I also tried to invoke with 'open', but it dies instantly:
>>> 
>>> open -a /Applications/Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app --args
>>> -config=sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Om wrote:
>>> 
>>> Here are the steps:
>>> 
>>> 1.  Download and install the released Installer from here:
>>> flex.apache.org/installer
>>> 2.  Download the file from
>>> http://flex.apache.org/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml to your hard disk (ex.
>>> to: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml )
>>> 3.  Open c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml and modify the xml node for
>>> FlashPlayer:
>>> 
>>> from:
>>> 
>>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
>>> playerglobal11_1.swc*" version="*11.1*"/>
>>> 
>>> to:
>>> 
>>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
>>> playerglobal11_5.swc*" version="*11.5*"/>
>>> 
>>> 4.  Save the file: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>>> 5.  From the command line, invoke the Installer using an argument like this:
>>> 
>>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Flex\Apache Flex SDK Installer>*"Apache Flex
>>> SDK Installer.exe" -config=c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml*
>>> *
>>> *
>>> This is how you tell the Installer to download flash player 11.5 instead of
>>> the defaults.
>>> 
>>> 6.  Once the installer finishes its thing, open the SDK folder where Apache
>>> Flex 4.9 is installed and open the file:  frameworks/flex-config.xml
>>> 7.  Modify these two xml nodes:
>>> 
>>> from:
>>> 
>>>  <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>>> SWF. -->
>>> <target-player>*11.1*</target-player>
>>> 
>>>  <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>>> <swf-version>*14*</swf-version>
>>> 
>>> to:
>>> 
>>>  <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>>> SWF. -->
>>> <target-player>*11.5*</target-player>
>>> 
>>>  <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>>> <swf-version>*18*</swf-version>
>>> 
>>> 8.  Save flex-config.xml
>>> 
>>> 
>>> You should be good to go now.
>>> 
>>> Please let me know if you run into any problems.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Om
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Trying to install 4.9.0 on Flash Builder 4.7 with Flash Player 11.5.
>>>> 
>>>> Joe
>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Om wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Joe,
>>>> 
>>>> I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier - what
>>>> exactly is your end goal?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Om
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Guys -
>>>>> 
>>>>> The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I interpreted
>>>>> the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want to
>>>> waste
>>>>> your time.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
>>>>> underneath Flash Builder sdks.
>>>>> 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
>>>>> directory and the
>>>>> 'common' directory in the root.
>>>>> No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and have
>>>>> done sudo installs.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2.  In the installer directory run:
>>>>>     ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>>> This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
>>>>> the libs
>>>>> directory.
>>>>> In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful. Only later
>>>>> do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to be dealt
>>>>> with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't indicated as
>>>>> an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
>>>>> messages that I usually ignore.
>>>>> $ ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>>> Buildfile:
>>>>> 
>>>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xml
>>>>> [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource flexTasks.tasks. It
>>>>> could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
>>>>> [mkdir] Created dir:
>>>>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
>>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
> 
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common>>>
>
> s
>>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>>> [get] To:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
>
> m
>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>>> [get] ..........
>>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
> 
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common>>>
>
> s
>>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>> [get] To:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
>
> m
>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>> [get] .
>>>>> [delete] Deleting:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
>
> m
>>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
>>>>> At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to this
>>>>> step and asked users@ what the message meant.
>>>>> 
>>>>> As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
>>>>> 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source directory,
>>>> both
>>>>> turn up nothing:
>>>>> 
>>>>> $ find . -name "modules"
>>>>> $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
>>>>> $
>>>>> So I go to Google, and I see:
>>>>> the flexTasks.jar file is located at
>>>>> flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
>>>>> There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
>>>>> installer directory turned up null, so I assume flash_builder_install is
>>>>> the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my old
>>>>> 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to use an
>>>>> older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is, I'm
>>>>> really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the
>>>> installer.
>>>>> Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any module
>>>>> directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer source:
>>>>> 
>>>>> $ find . -name "*tar*"
>>>>> $
>>>>> 
>>>>> Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea what's
>>>>> going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the confusion
>>>> on
>>>>> my own.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the original
>>>>> message and went onto step 3.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
>>>>>     APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
>>>>> and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and 'common'
>>>>> directories are
>>>>> located.
>>>>> I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the linked
>>>>> resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
>>>>> as a source path.
>>>>> At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to. I was
>>>>> purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the inference is
>>>>> that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the installation
>>>> of
>>>>> the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from command
>>>>> line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a variable. So
>>>> I
>>>>> speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of installer
>>>>> project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file
>>>> called
>>>>> build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the attributes is
>>>>> 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was
>>>> supposed
>>>>> to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there is no
>>>>> child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so I'm
>>>>> assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the build.xml,
>>>>> but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding something?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Justin writes back:
>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>>> I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands of
>>>>> people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the SDK
>>>> 4.9.0
>>>>> as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I
>>>> downloaded
>>>>> as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me that I
>>>>> could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the build
>>>>> process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make
>>>> install.
>>>>> At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in Flash
>>>>> Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up at this
>>>>> point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process are
>>>>> totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you think
>>>> I'm
>>>>> close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's single
>>>>> click installer which specifies FP.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for the support though.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player
>>>>> version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be
>>>>> better off waiting.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how to do
>>>>> this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml, modify
>>>> the
>>>>> urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a
>>>> command
>>>>> line parameter.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Let me know if you run into problems.
>>>>> 
>>>>> As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.
>>>> Hopefully
>>>>> that would make things easier.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Om
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Joe
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
>>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
>>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Justin
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Alex Harui
>> Flex SDK Team
>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>> 
>> 
> 
> --
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> 

-- 
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

Re: Install question

Posted by Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>.
I was running AIR 3.5.0.890, and updated to AIR 3.6.0.5970, same result - google is telling me that AIR 3.5 is certified for apache flex.



On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:28 PM, Alex Harui wrote:

OK, I googled that response and it seems to imply you don't have recent
enough version of AIR installed.


On 2/22/13 9:19 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:

> Correct - I'm using the full path. Of course, after running (after mounting):
> 
> sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer/Install Apache Flex SDK
> Installer.app" /Applications
> 
> Is there a way to report a version?
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
> 
> Are you saying you ran the first command line and the response was a list of
> "Available Options"?
> 
> I tried an equivalent command-line on Mac and it worked for me.  I noticed
> you are not installed in the default location.  Maybe there is an older
> version around somewhere?
> 
> 
> On 2/22/13 6:28 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Om -
>> 
>> The mac binary doesn't recognize the option -
>> 
>> $ ./Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer
>> -config=/home/jk/Downloads/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>> Available Options: -silent { -eulaAccepted ( -location <dir> )
>> -desktopShortcut -programMenu -allowDownload }
>> 
>> I'm in
>> 
>> /Applications/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer.app/Contents/MacOS
>> 
>> I also tried to invoke with 'open', but it dies instantly:
>> 
>> open -a /Applications/Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app --args
>> -config=sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Om wrote:
>> 
>> Here are the steps:
>> 
>> 1.  Download and install the released Installer from here:
>> flex.apache.org/installer
>> 2.  Download the file from
>> http://flex.apache.org/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml to your hard disk (ex.
>> to: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml )
>> 3.  Open c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml and modify the xml node for
>> FlashPlayer:
>> 
>> from:
>> 
>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
>> playerglobal11_1.swc*" version="*11.1*"/>
>> 
>> to:
>> 
>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
>> playerglobal11_5.swc*" version="*11.5*"/>
>> 
>> 4.  Save the file: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>> 5.  From the command line, invoke the Installer using an argument like this:
>> 
>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Flex\Apache Flex SDK Installer>*"Apache Flex
>> SDK Installer.exe" -config=c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml*
>> *
>> *
>> This is how you tell the Installer to download flash player 11.5 instead of
>> the defaults.
>> 
>> 6.  Once the installer finishes its thing, open the SDK folder where Apache
>> Flex 4.9 is installed and open the file:  frameworks/flex-config.xml
>> 7.  Modify these two xml nodes:
>> 
>> from:
>> 
>>  <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>> SWF. -->
>> <target-player>*11.1*</target-player>
>> 
>>  <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>> <swf-version>*14*</swf-version>
>> 
>> to:
>> 
>>  <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>> SWF. -->
>> <target-player>*11.5*</target-player>
>> 
>>  <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>> <swf-version>*18*</swf-version>
>> 
>> 8.  Save flex-config.xml
>> 
>> 
>> You should be good to go now.
>> 
>> Please let me know if you run into any problems.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Om
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Trying to install 4.9.0 on Flash Builder 4.7 with Flash Player 11.5.
>>> 
>>> Joe
>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Om wrote:
>>> 
>>> Joe,
>>> 
>>> I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier - what
>>> exactly is your end goal?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Om
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Guys -
>>>> 
>>>> The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I interpreted
>>>> the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want to
>>> waste
>>>> your time.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
>>>> underneath Flash Builder sdks.
>>>> 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
>>>> directory and the
>>>> 'common' directory in the root.
>>>> No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and have
>>>> done sudo installs.
>>>> 
>>>> 2.  In the installer directory run:
>>>>     ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>> This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
>>>> the libs
>>>> directory.
>>>> In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful. Only later
>>>> do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to be dealt
>>>> with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't indicated as
>>>> an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
>>>> messages that I usually ignore.
>>>> $ ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>> Buildfile:
>>>> 
>>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xml
>>>> [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource flexTasks.tasks. It
>>>> could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
>>>> [mkdir] Created dir:
>>>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>> 
>>> 
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common>>>
s
>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>> [get] To:
>>>> 
>>> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
m
>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>> [get] ..........
>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>> 
>>> 
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common>>>
s
>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>> [get] To:
>>>> 
>>> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
m
>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>> [get] .
>>>> [delete] Deleting:
>>>> 
>>> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
m
>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
>>>> At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to this
>>>> step and asked users@ what the message meant.
>>>> 
>>>> As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
>>>> 
>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>> 
>>>> I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
>>>> 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source directory,
>>> both
>>>> turn up nothing:
>>>> 
>>>> $ find . -name "modules"
>>>> $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
>>>> $
>>>> So I go to Google, and I see:
>>>> the flexTasks.jar file is located at
>>>> flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
>>>> There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
>>>> installer directory turned up null, so I assume flash_builder_install is
>>>> the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my old
>>>> 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to use an
>>>> older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is, I'm
>>>> really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the
>>> installer.
>>>> Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any module
>>>> directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer source:
>>>> 
>>>> $ find . -name "*tar*"
>>>> $
>>>> 
>>>> Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea what's
>>>> going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the confusion
>>> on
>>>> my own.
>>>> 
>>>> In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the original
>>>> message and went onto step 3.
>>>> 
>>>> 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
>>>>     APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
>>>> and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and 'common'
>>>> directories are
>>>> located.
>>>> I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the linked
>>>> resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
>>>> 
>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
>>>> as a source path.
>>>> At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to. I was
>>>> purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the inference is
>>>> that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the installation
>>> of
>>>> the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from command
>>>> line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a variable. So
>>> I
>>>> speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of installer
>>>> project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
>>>> 
>>>> Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file
>>> called
>>>> build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the attributes is
>>>> 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was
>>> supposed
>>>> to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there is no
>>>> child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so I'm
>>>> assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
>>>> 
>>>> I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the build.xml,
>>>> but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding something?
>>>> 
>>>> Justin writes back:
>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>> I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands of
>>>> people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the SDK
>>> 4.9.0
>>>> as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I
>>> downloaded
>>>> as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me that I
>>>> could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the build
>>>> process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make
>>> install.
>>>> At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in Flash
>>>> Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up at this
>>>> point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process are
>>>> totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you think
>>> I'm
>>>> close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's single
>>>> click installer which specifies FP.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the support though.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player
>>>> version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be
>>>> better off waiting.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how to do
>>>> this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml, modify
>>> the
>>>> urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a
>>> command
>>>> line parameter.
>>>> 
>>>> Let me know if you run into problems.
>>>> 
>>>> As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.
>>> Hopefully
>>>> that would make things easier.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Om
>>>> 
>>>>> Joe
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Justin
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
> --
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> 

-- 
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

Re: Install question

Posted by Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com>.
OK, I googled that response and it seems to imply you don't have recent
enough version of AIR installed.


On 2/22/13 9:19 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:

> Correct - I'm using the full path. Of course, after running (after mounting):
> 
> sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer/Install Apache Flex SDK
> Installer.app" /Applications
> 
> Is there a way to report a version?
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
> 
> Are you saying you ran the first command line and the response was a list of
> "Available Options"?
> 
> I tried an equivalent command-line on Mac and it worked for me.  I noticed
> you are not installed in the default location.  Maybe there is an older
> version around somewhere?
> 
> 
> On 2/22/13 6:28 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Om -
>> 
>> The mac binary doesn't recognize the option -
>> 
>> $ ./Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer
>> -config=/home/jk/Downloads/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>> Available Options: -silent { -eulaAccepted ( -location <dir> )
>> -desktopShortcut -programMenu -allowDownload }
>> 
>> I'm in
>> 
>> /Applications/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer.app/Contents/MacOS
>> 
>> I also tried to invoke with 'open', but it dies instantly:
>> 
>> open -a /Applications/Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app --args
>> -config=sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Om wrote:
>> 
>> Here are the steps:
>> 
>> 1.  Download and install the released Installer from here:
>> flex.apache.org/installer
>> 2.  Download the file from
>> http://flex.apache.org/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml to your hard disk (ex.
>> to: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml )
>> 3.  Open c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml and modify the xml node for
>> FlashPlayer:
>> 
>> from:
>> 
>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
>> playerglobal11_1.swc*" version="*11.1*"/>
>> 
>> to:
>> 
>> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
>> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
>> playerglobal11_5.swc*" version="*11.5*"/>
>> 
>> 4.  Save the file: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
>> 5.  From the command line, invoke the Installer using an argument like this:
>> 
>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Flex\Apache Flex SDK Installer>*"Apache Flex
>> SDK Installer.exe" -config=c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml*
>> *
>> *
>> This is how you tell the Installer to download flash player 11.5 instead of
>> the defaults.
>> 
>> 6.  Once the installer finishes its thing, open the SDK folder where Apache
>> Flex 4.9 is installed and open the file:  frameworks/flex-config.xml
>> 7.  Modify these two xml nodes:
>> 
>> from:
>> 
>>   <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>> SWF. -->
>>  <target-player>*11.1*</target-player>
>> 
>>   <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>>  <swf-version>*14*</swf-version>
>> 
>> to:
>> 
>>   <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
>> SWF. -->
>>  <target-player>*11.5*</target-player>
>> 
>>   <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>>  <swf-version>*18*</swf-version>
>> 
>> 8.  Save flex-config.xml
>> 
>> 
>> You should be good to go now.
>> 
>> Please let me know if you run into any problems.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Om
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Trying to install 4.9.0 on Flash Builder 4.7 with Flash Player 11.5.
>>> 
>>> Joe
>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Om wrote:
>>> 
>>> Joe,
>>> 
>>> I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier - what
>>> exactly is your end goal?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Om
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Guys -
>>>> 
>>>> The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I interpreted
>>>> the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want to
>>> waste
>>>> your time.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
>>>> underneath Flash Builder sdks.
>>>> 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
>>>> directory and the
>>>>  'common' directory in the root.
>>>> No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and have
>>>> done sudo installs.
>>>> 
>>>> 2.  In the installer directory run:
>>>>      ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>>  This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
>>>> the libs
>>>>  directory.
>>>> In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful. Only later
>>>> do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to be dealt
>>>> with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't indicated as
>>>> an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
>>>> messages that I usually ignore.
>>>> $ ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>> Buildfile:
>>>> 
>>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xml
>>>> [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource flexTasks.tasks. It
>>>> could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
>>>> [mkdir] Created dir:
>>>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>> 
>>> 
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common>>>
s
>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>> [get] To:
>>>> 
>>> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
m
>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>>> [get] ..........
>>>> [get] Getting:
>>>> 
>>> 
http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3common>>>
s
>>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>> [get] To:
>>>> 
>>> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
m
>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>> [get] .
>>>> [delete] Deleting:
>>>> 
>>> 
/Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3co>>>
m
>>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
>>>> At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to this
>>>> step and asked users@ what the message meant.
>>>> 
>>>> As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
>>>> 
>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>> 
>>>> I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
>>>> 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source directory,
>>> both
>>>> turn up nothing:
>>>> 
>>>> $ find . -name "modules"
>>>> $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
>>>> $
>>>> So I go to Google, and I see:
>>>> the flexTasks.jar file is located at
>>>> flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
>>>> There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
>>>> installer directory turned up null, so I assume flash_builder_install is
>>>> the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my old
>>>> 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to use an
>>>> older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is, I'm
>>>> really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the
>>> installer.
>>>> Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any module
>>>> directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer source:
>>>> 
>>>> $ find . -name "*tar*"
>>>> $
>>>> 
>>>> Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea what's
>>>> going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the confusion
>>> on
>>>> my own.
>>>> 
>>>> In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the original
>>>> message and went onto step 3.
>>>> 
>>>> 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
>>>>      APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
>>>>  and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and 'common'
>>>> directories are
>>>>  located.
>>>> I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the linked
>>>> resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
>>>> 
>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
>>>> as a source path.
>>>> At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to. I was
>>>> purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the inference is
>>>> that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the installation
>>> of
>>>> the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from command
>>>> line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a variable. So
>>> I
>>>> speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of installer
>>>> project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
>>>> 
>>>> Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file
>>> called
>>>> build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the attributes is
>>>> 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was
>>> supposed
>>>> to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there is no
>>>> child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so I'm
>>>> assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
>>>> 
>>>> I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the build.xml,
>>>> but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding something?
>>>> 
>>>> Justin writes back:
>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>> I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands of
>>>> people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the SDK
>>> 4.9.0
>>>> as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I
>>> downloaded
>>>> as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me that I
>>>> could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the build
>>>> process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make
>>> install.
>>>> At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in Flash
>>>> Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up at this
>>>> point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process are
>>>> totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you think
>>> I'm
>>>> close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's single
>>>> click installer which specifies FP.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the support though.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player
>>>> version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be
>>>> better off waiting.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how to do
>>>> this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml, modify
>>> the
>>>> urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a
>>> command
>>>> line parameter.
>>>> 
>>>> Let me know if you run into problems.
>>>> 
>>>> As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.
>>> Hopefully
>>>> that would make things easier.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Om
>>>> 
>>>>> Joe
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
>>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
>>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>>> modules/antTasks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Justin
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
> --
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> 
> 

-- 
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

Re: Install question

Posted by Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>.
Correct - I'm using the full path. Of course, after running (after mounting):

sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer.app" /Applications

Is there a way to report a version?



On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Alex Harui wrote:

Are you saying you ran the first command line and the response was a list of
"Available Options"?

I tried an equivalent command-line on Mac and it worked for me.  I noticed
you are not installed in the default location.  Maybe there is an older
version around somewhere?


On 2/22/13 6:28 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:

> Hi Om -
> 
> The mac binary doesn't recognize the option -
> 
> $ ./Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer
> -config=/home/jk/Downloads/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
> Available Options: -silent { -eulaAccepted ( -location <dir> )
> -desktopShortcut -programMenu -allowDownload }
> 
> I'm in
> 
> /Applications/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer.app/Contents/MacOS
> 
> I also tried to invoke with 'open', but it dies instantly:
> 
> open -a /Applications/Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app --args
> -config=sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
> 
> 
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Om wrote:
> 
> Here are the steps:
> 
> 1.  Download and install the released Installer from here:
> flex.apache.org/installer
> 2.  Download the file from
> http://flex.apache.org/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml to your hard disk (ex.
> to: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml )
> 3.  Open c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml and modify the xml node for
> FlashPlayer:
> 
> from:
> 
> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
> playerglobal11_1.swc*" version="*11.1*"/>
> 
> to:
> 
> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
> playerglobal11_5.swc*" version="*11.5*"/>
> 
> 4.  Save the file: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
> 5.  From the command line, invoke the Installer using an argument like this:
> 
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Flex\Apache Flex SDK Installer>*"Apache Flex
> SDK Installer.exe" -config=c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml*
> *
> *
> This is how you tell the Installer to download flash player 11.5 instead of
> the defaults.
> 
> 6.  Once the installer finishes its thing, open the SDK folder where Apache
> Flex 4.9 is installed and open the file:  frameworks/flex-config.xml
> 7.  Modify these two xml nodes:
> 
> from:
> 
>   <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
> SWF. -->
>  <target-player>*11.1*</target-player>
> 
>   <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>  <swf-version>*14*</swf-version>
> 
> to:
> 
>   <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
> SWF. -->
>  <target-player>*11.5*</target-player>
> 
>   <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>  <swf-version>*18*</swf-version>
> 
> 8.  Save flex-config.xml
> 
> 
> You should be good to go now.
> 
> Please let me know if you run into any problems.
> 
> Thanks,
> Om
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> 
>> Trying to install 4.9.0 on Flash Builder 4.7 with Flash Player 11.5.
>> 
>> Joe
>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Om wrote:
>> 
>> Joe,
>> 
>> I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier - what
>> exactly is your end goal?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Om
>> 
>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Guys -
>>> 
>>> The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I interpreted
>>> the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want to
>> waste
>>> your time.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
>>> underneath Flash Builder sdks.
>>> 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
>>> directory and the
>>>  'common' directory in the root.
>>> No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and have
>>> done sudo installs.
>>> 
>>> 2.  In the installer directory run:
>>>      ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>  This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
>>> the libs
>>>  directory.
>>> In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful. Only later
>>> do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to be dealt
>>> with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't indicated as
>>> an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
>>> messages that I usually ignore.
>>> $ ant get-as3commons.swc
>>> Buildfile:
>>> 
>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xml
>>> [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource flexTasks.tasks. It
>>> could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
>>> [mkdir] Created dir:
>>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
>>> [get] Getting:
>>> 
>> http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons
>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>> [get] To:
>>> 
>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3com
>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>> [get] ..........
>>> [get] Getting:
>>> 
>> http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons
>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>> [get] To:
>>> 
>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3com
>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>> [get] .
>>> [delete] Deleting:
>>> 
>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3com
>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
>>> At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to this
>>> step and asked users@ what the message meant.
>>> 
>>> As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
>>> 
>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>> modules/antTasks.
>>> 
>>> I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
>>> 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source directory,
>> both
>>> turn up nothing:
>>> 
>>> $ find . -name "modules"
>>> $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
>>> $
>>> So I go to Google, and I see:
>>> the flexTasks.jar file is located at
>>> flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
>>> There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
>>> installer directory turned up null, so I assume flash_builder_install is
>>> the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my old
>>> 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to use an
>>> older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is, I'm
>>> really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the
>> installer.
>>> Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any module
>>> directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer source:
>>> 
>>> $ find . -name "*tar*"
>>> $
>>> 
>>> Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea what's
>>> going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the confusion
>> on
>>> my own.
>>> 
>>> In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the original
>>> message and went onto step 3.
>>> 
>>> 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
>>>      APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
>>>  and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and 'common'
>>> directories are
>>>  located.
>>> I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the linked
>>> resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
>>> 
>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
>>> as a source path.
>>> At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to. I was
>>> purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the inference is
>>> that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the installation
>> of
>>> the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from command
>>> line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a variable. So
>> I
>>> speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of installer
>>> project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
>>> 
>>> Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file
>> called
>>> build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the attributes is
>>> 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was
>> supposed
>>> to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there is no
>>> child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so I'm
>>> assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
>>> 
>>> I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the build.xml,
>>> but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding something?
>>> 
>>> Justin writes back:
>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>> I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands of
>>> people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the SDK
>> 4.9.0
>>> as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I
>> downloaded
>>> as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me that I
>>> could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the build
>>> process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make
>> install.
>>> At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in Flash
>>> Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up at this
>>> point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process are
>>> totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you think
>> I'm
>>> close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's single
>>> click installer which specifies FP.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the support though.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player
>>> version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be
>>> better off waiting.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how to do
>>> this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml, modify
>> the
>>> urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a
>> command
>>> line parameter.
>>> 
>>> Let me know if you run into problems.
>>> 
>>> As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.
>> Hopefully
>>> that would make things easier.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Om
>>> 
>>>> Joe
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
>>>> 
>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>> 
>>>>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>> modules/antTasks.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Justin
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 

-- 
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

Re: Install question

Posted by Alex Harui <ah...@adobe.com>.
Are you saying you ran the first command line and the response was a list of
"Available Options"?

I tried an equivalent command-line on Mac and it worked for me.  I noticed
you are not installed in the default location.  Maybe there is an older
version around somewhere?


On 2/22/13 6:28 PM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:

> Hi Om -
> 
> The mac binary doesn't recognize the option -
> 
> $ ./Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer
> -config=/home/jk/Downloads/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
> Available Options: -silent { -eulaAccepted ( -location <dir> )
> -desktopShortcut -programMenu -allowDownload }
> 
> I'm in
> 
> /Applications/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer.app/Contents/MacOS
> 
> I also tried to invoke with 'open', but it dies instantly:
> 
> open -a /Applications/Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app --args
> -config=sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
> 
> 
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Om wrote:
> 
> Here are the steps:
> 
> 1.  Download and install the released Installer from here:
> flex.apache.org/installer
> 2.  Download the file from
> http://flex.apache.org/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml to your hard disk (ex.
> to: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml )
> 3.  Open c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml and modify the xml node for
> FlashPlayer:
> 
> from:
> 
> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
> playerglobal11_1.swc*" version="*11.1*"/>
> 
> to:
> 
> <file name="FlashPlayer" path="
> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
> playerglobal11_5.swc*" version="*11.5*"/>
> 
> 4.  Save the file: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
> 5.  From the command line, invoke the Installer using an argument like this:
> 
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Flex\Apache Flex SDK Installer>*"Apache Flex
> SDK Installer.exe" -config=c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml*
> *
> *
> This is how you tell the Installer to download flash player 11.5 instead of
> the defaults.
> 
> 6.  Once the installer finishes its thing, open the SDK folder where Apache
> Flex 4.9 is installed and open the file:  frameworks/flex-config.xml
> 7.  Modify these two xml nodes:
> 
> from:
> 
>    <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
> SWF. -->
>   <target-player>*11.1*</target-player>
> 
>    <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>   <swf-version>*14*</swf-version>
> 
> to:
> 
>    <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
> SWF. -->
>   <target-player>*11.5*</target-player>
> 
>    <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
>   <swf-version>*18*</swf-version>
> 
> 8.  Save flex-config.xml
> 
> 
> You should be good to go now.
> 
> Please let me know if you run into any problems.
> 
> Thanks,
> Om
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> 
>> Trying to install 4.9.0 on Flash Builder 4.7 with Flash Player 11.5.
>> 
>> Joe
>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Om wrote:
>> 
>> Joe,
>> 
>> I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier - what
>> exactly is your end goal?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Om
>> 
>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Guys -
>>> 
>>> The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I interpreted
>>> the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want to
>> waste
>>> your time.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
>>> underneath Flash Builder sdks.
>>> 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
>>> directory and the
>>>   'common' directory in the root.
>>> No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and have
>>> done sudo installs.
>>> 
>>> 2.  In the installer directory run:
>>>       ant get-as3commons.swc
>>>   This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
>>> the libs
>>>   directory.
>>> In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful. Only later
>>> do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to be dealt
>>> with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't indicated as
>>> an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
>>> messages that I usually ignore.
>>> $ ant get-as3commons.swc
>>> Buildfile:
>>> 
>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xml
>>> [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource flexTasks.tasks. It
>>> could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
>>> [mkdir] Created dir:
>>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
>>> [get] Getting:
>>> 
>> http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons
>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>> [get] To:
>>> 
>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3com
>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>>> [get] ..........
>>> [get] Getting:
>>> 
>> http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons
>> /as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>> [get] To:
>>> 
>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3com
>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>> [get] .
>>> [delete] Deleting:
>>> 
>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3com
>> mons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
>>> At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to this
>>> step and asked users@ what the message meant.
>>> 
>>> As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
>>> 
>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>> modules/antTasks.
>>> 
>>> I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
>>> 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source directory,
>> both
>>> turn up nothing:
>>> 
>>> $ find . -name "modules"
>>> $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
>>> $
>>> So I go to Google, and I see:
>>> the flexTasks.jar file is located at
>>> flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
>>> There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
>>> installer directory turned up null, so I assume flash_builder_install is
>>> the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my old
>>> 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to use an
>>> older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is, I'm
>>> really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the
>> installer.
>>> Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any module
>>> directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer source:
>>> 
>>> $ find . -name "*tar*"
>>> $
>>> 
>>> Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea what's
>>> going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the confusion
>> on
>>> my own.
>>> 
>>> In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the original
>>> message and went onto step 3.
>>> 
>>> 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
>>>       APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
>>>   and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and 'common'
>>> directories are
>>>   located.
>>> I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the linked
>>> resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
>>> 
>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
>>> as a source path.
>>> At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to. I was
>>> purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the inference is
>>> that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the installation
>> of
>>> the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from command
>>> line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a variable. So
>> I
>>> speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of installer
>>> project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
>>> 
>>> Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file
>> called
>>> build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the attributes is
>>> 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was
>> supposed
>>> to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there is no
>>> child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so I'm
>>> assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
>>> 
>>> I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the build.xml,
>>> but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding something?
>>> 
>>> Justin writes back:
>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>> I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands of
>>> people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the SDK
>> 4.9.0
>>> as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I
>> downloaded
>>> as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me that I
>>> could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the build
>>> process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make
>> install.
>>> At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in Flash
>>> Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up at this
>>> point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process are
>>> totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you think
>> I'm
>>> close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's single
>>> click installer which specifies FP.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the support though.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player
>>> version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be
>>> better off waiting.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how to do
>>> this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml, modify
>> the
>>> urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a
>> command
>>> line parameter.
>>> 
>>> Let me know if you run into problems.
>>> 
>>> As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.
>> Hopefully
>>> that would make things easier.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Om
>>> 
>>>> Joe
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
>>>> 
>>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
>>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>>> installer uses code form the common project
>>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>>> 
>>>>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
>>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
>> modules/antTasks.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Justin
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 

-- 
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

Re: Install question

Posted by Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>.
Hi Om -

The mac binary doesn't recognize the option -

$ ./Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer -config=/home/jk/Downloads/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
Available Options: -silent { -eulaAccepted ( -location <dir> ) -desktopShortcut -programMenu -allowDownload }

I'm in

/Applications/Install Apache Flex SDK Installer.app/Contents/MacOS

I also tried to invoke with 'open', but it dies instantly:

open -a /Applications/Install\ Apache\ Flex\ SDK\ Installer.app --args -config=sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml


On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Om wrote:

Here are the steps:

1.  Download and install the released Installer from here:
flex.apache.org/installer
2.  Download the file from
http://flex.apache.org/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml to your hard disk (ex.
to: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml )
3.  Open c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml and modify the xml node for
FlashPlayer:

from:

<file name="FlashPlayer" path="
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
playerglobal11_1.swc*" version="*11.1*"/>

to:

<file name="FlashPlayer" path="
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
playerglobal11_5.swc*" version="*11.5*"/>

4.  Save the file: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
5.  From the command line, invoke the Installer using an argument like this:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Flex\Apache Flex SDK Installer>*"Apache Flex
SDK Installer.exe" -config=c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml*
*
*
This is how you tell the Installer to download flash player 11.5 instead of
the defaults.

6.  Once the installer finishes its thing, open the SDK folder where Apache
Flex 4.9 is installed and open the file:  frameworks/flex-config.xml
7.  Modify these two xml nodes:

from:

   <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
SWF. -->
  <target-player>*11.1*</target-player>

   <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
  <swf-version>*14*</swf-version>

to:

   <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
SWF. -->
  <target-player>*11.5*</target-player>

   <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
  <swf-version>*18*</swf-version>

8.  Save flex-config.xml


You should be good to go now.

Please let me know if you run into any problems.

Thanks,
Om


On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:

> Trying to install 4.9.0 on Flash Builder 4.7 with Flash Player 11.5.
> 
> Joe
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Om wrote:
> 
> Joe,
> 
> I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier - what
> exactly is your end goal?
> 
> Thanks,
> Om
> 
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> 
>> Guys -
>> 
>> The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I interpreted
>> the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want to
> waste
>> your time.
>> 
>> 
>> Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
>> underneath Flash Builder sdks.
>> 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
>> directory and the
>>   'common' directory in the root.
>> No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and have
>> done sudo installs.
>> 
>> 2.  In the installer directory run:
>>       ant get-as3commons.swc
>>   This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
>> the libs
>>   directory.
>> In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful. Only later
>> do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to be dealt
>> with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't indicated as
>> an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
>> messages that I usually ignore.
>> $ ant get-as3commons.swc
>> Buildfile:
>> 
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xml
>> [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource flexTasks.tasks. It
>> could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
>> [mkdir] Created dir:
>> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
>> [get] Getting:
>> 
> http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons/as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>> [get] To:
>> 
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>> [get] ..........
>> [get] Getting:
>> 
> http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons/as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>> [get] To:
>> 
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>> [get] .
>> [delete] Deleting:
>> 
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
>> At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to this
>> step and asked users@ what the message meant.
>> 
>> As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
>> 
>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
> modules/antTasks.
>> 
>> I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
>> 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source directory,
> both
>> turn up nothing:
>> 
>> $ find . -name "modules"
>> $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
>> $
>> So I go to Google, and I see:
>> the flexTasks.jar file is located at
>> flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
>> There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
>> installer directory turned up null, so I assume flash_builder_install is
>> the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my old
>> 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to use an
>> older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is, I'm
>> really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the
> installer.
>> Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any module
>> directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer source:
>> 
>> $ find . -name "*tar*"
>> $
>> 
>> Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea what's
>> going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the confusion
> on
>> my own.
>> 
>> In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the original
>> message and went onto step 3.
>> 
>> 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
>>       APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
>>   and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and 'common'
>> directories are
>>   located.
>> I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the linked
>> resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
>> 
>> 4.  In the installer project, add
> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
>> as a source path.
>> At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to. I was
>> purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the inference is
>> that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the installation
> of
>> the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from command
>> line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a variable. So
> I
>> speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of installer
>> project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
>> 
>> Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file
> called
>> build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the attributes is
>> 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was
> supposed
>> to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there is no
>> child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so I'm
>> assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
>> 
>> I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the build.xml,
>> but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding something?
>> 
>> Justin writes back:
>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>> installer uses code form the common project
>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>> I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands of
>> people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the SDK
> 4.9.0
>> as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I
> downloaded
>> as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me that I
>> could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the build
>> process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make
> install.
>> At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in Flash
>> Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up at this
>> point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process are
>> totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you think
> I'm
>> close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's single
>> click installer which specifies FP.
>> 
>> Thanks for the support though.
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
>> 
>> On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
>>> 
>>> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player
>> version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be
>> better off waiting.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the response.
>>> 
>> 
>> Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how to do
>> this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml, modify
> the
>> urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a
> command
>> line parameter.
>> 
>> Let me know if you run into problems.
>> 
>> As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.
> Hopefully
>> that would make things easier.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Om
>> 
>>> Joe
>>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
>>> 
>>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
>> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
>>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
>> installer uses code form the common project
>> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
>> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>>> 
>>>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
>>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
>> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
> modules/antTasks.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Justin
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
>

Re: Install question

Posted by Om <bi...@gmail.com>.
Here are the steps:

1.  Download and install the released Installer from here:
flex.apache.org/installer
2.  Download the file from
http://flex.apache.org/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml to your hard disk (ex.
to: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml )
3.  Open c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml and modify the xml node for
FlashPlayer:

from:

<file name="FlashPlayer" path="
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
playerglobal11_1.swc*" version="*11.1*"/>

to:

<file name="FlashPlayer" path="
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/11/" file="*
playerglobal11_5.swc*" version="*11.5*"/>

4.  Save the file: c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml
5.  From the command line, invoke the Installer using an argument like this:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Flex\Apache Flex SDK Installer>*"Apache Flex
SDK Installer.exe" -config=c:/sdk-installer-config-2.0.xml*
*
*
This is how you tell the Installer to download flash player 11.5 instead of
the defaults.

6.  Once the installer finishes its thing, open the SDK folder where Apache
Flex 4.9 is installed and open the file:  frameworks/flex-config.xml
7.  Modify these two xml nodes:

from:

    <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
SWF. -->
   <target-player>*11.1*</target-player>

    <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
   <swf-version>*14*</swf-version>

to:

    <!-- Specifies the minimum player version that will run the compiled
SWF. -->
   <target-player>*11.5*</target-player>

    <!-- Specifies the version of the compiled SWF -->
   <swf-version>*18*</swf-version>

8.  Save flex-config.xml


You should be good to go now.

Please let me know if you run into any problems.

Thanks,
Om


On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:

> Trying to install 4.9.0 on Flash Builder 4.7 with Flash Player 11.5.
>
> Joe
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Om wrote:
>
> Joe,
>
> I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier - what
> exactly is your end goal?
>
> Thanks,
> Om
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>
> > Guys -
> >
> > The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I interpreted
> > the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want to
> waste
> > your time.
> >
> >
> > Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
> > underneath Flash Builder sdks.
> > 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
> > directory and the
> >    'common' directory in the root.
> > No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and have
> > done sudo installs.
> >
> > 2.  In the installer directory run:
> >        ant get-as3commons.swc
> >    This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
> > the libs
> >    directory.
> > In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful. Only later
> > do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to be dealt
> > with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't indicated as
> > an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
> > messages that I usually ignore.
> > $ ant get-as3commons.swc
> > Buildfile:
> >
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xml
> > [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource flexTasks.tasks. It
> > could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
> > [mkdir] Created dir:
> > /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
> > [get] Getting:
> >
> http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons/as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
> > [get] To:
> >
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
> > [get] ..........
> > [get] Getting:
> >
> http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons/as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
> > [get] To:
> >
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
> > [get] .
> > [delete] Deleting:
> >
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
> > BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
> > At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to this
> > step and asked users@ what the message meant.
> >
> > As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
> >
> > Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
> > pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
> modules/antTasks.
> >
> > I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
> > 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source directory,
> both
> > turn up nothing:
> >
> > $ find . -name "modules"
> > $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
> > $
> > So I go to Google, and I see:
> > the flexTasks.jar file is located at
> > flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
> > There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
> > installer directory turned up null, so I assume flash_builder_install is
> > the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my old
> > 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to use an
> > older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is, I'm
> > really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the
> installer.
> > Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any module
> > directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer source:
> >
> > $ find . -name "*tar*"
> > $
> >
> > Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea what's
> > going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the confusion
> on
> > my own.
> >
> > In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the original
> > message and went onto step 3.
> >
> > 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
> >        APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
> >    and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and 'common'
> > directories are
> >    located.
> > I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the linked
> > resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
> >
> > 4.  In the installer project, add
> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
> > as a source path.
> > At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to. I was
> > purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the inference is
> > that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the installation
> of
> > the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from command
> > line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a variable. So
> I
> > speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of installer
> > project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
> >
> > Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file
> called
> > build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the attributes is
> > 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was
> supposed
> > to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there is no
> > child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so I'm
> > assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
> >
> > I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the build.xml,
> > but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding something?
> >
> > Justin writes back:
> > This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
> > installer uses code form the common project
> > (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
> > in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
> > I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands of
> > people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the SDK
> 4.9.0
> > as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I
> downloaded
> > as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me that I
> > could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the build
> > process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make
> install.
> > At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in Flash
> > Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up at this
> > point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process are
> > totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you think
> I'm
> > close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's single
> > click installer which specifies FP.
> >
> > Thanks for the support though.
> >
> >
> > On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
> >
> > On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
> >>
> >> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player
> > version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be
> > better off waiting.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the response.
> >>
> >
> > Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how to do
> > this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml, modify
> the
> > urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a
> command
> > line parameter.
> >
> > Let me know if you run into problems.
> >
> > As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.
>  Hopefully
> > that would make things easier.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Om
> >
> >> Joe
> >>
> >> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
> >>
> >>> 4.  In the installer project, add
> > ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
> >> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
> > installer uses code form the common project
> > (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
> > in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
> >>
> >>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
> >> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
> > pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK
> modules/antTasks.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Justin
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Install question

Posted by Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>.
Trying to install 4.9.0 on Flash Builder 4.7 with Flash Player 11.5.

Joe
On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Om wrote:

Joe,

I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier - what
exactly is your end goal?

Thanks,
Om

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:

> Guys -
> 
> The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I interpreted
> the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want to waste
> your time.
> 
> 
> Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
> underneath Flash Builder sdks.
> 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
> directory and the
>    'common' directory in the root.
> No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and have
> done sudo installs.
> 
> 2.  In the installer directory run:
>        ant get-as3commons.swc
>    This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
> the libs
>    directory.
> In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful. Only later
> do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to be dealt
> with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't indicated as
> an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
> messages that I usually ignore.
> $ ant get-as3commons.swc
> Buildfile:
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xml
> [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource flexTasks.tasks. It
> could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
> [mkdir] Created dir:
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
> [get] Getting:
> http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons/as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
> [get] To:
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
> [get] ..........
> [get] Getting:
> http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons/as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
> [get] To:
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
> [get] .
> [delete] Deleting:
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
> BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
> At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to this
> step and asked users@ what the message meant.
> 
> As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
> 
> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK modules/antTasks.
> 
> I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
> 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source directory, both
> turn up nothing:
> 
> $ find . -name "modules"
> $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
> $
> So I go to Google, and I see:
> the flexTasks.jar file is located at
> flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
> There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
> installer directory turned up null, so I assume flash_builder_install is
> the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my old
> 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to use an
> older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is, I'm
> really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the installer.
> Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any module
> directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer source:
> 
> $ find . -name "*tar*"
> $
> 
> Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea what's
> going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the confusion on
> my own.
> 
> In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the original
> message and went onto step 3.
> 
> 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
>        APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
>    and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and 'common'
> directories are
>    located.
> I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the linked
> resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
> 
> 4.  In the installer project, add ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
> as a source path.
> At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to. I was
> purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the inference is
> that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the installation of
> the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from command
> line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a variable. So I
> speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of installer
> project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
> 
> Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file called
> build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the attributes is
> 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was supposed
> to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there is no
> child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so I'm
> assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
> 
> I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the build.xml,
> but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding something?
> 
> Justin writes back:
> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
> installer uses code form the common project
> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
> I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands of
> people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the SDK 4.9.0
> as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I downloaded
> as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me that I
> could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the build
> process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make install.
> At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in Flash
> Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up at this
> point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process are
> totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you think I'm
> close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's single
> click installer which specifies FP.
> 
> Thanks for the support though.
> 
> 
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
> 
> On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
>> 
>> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player
> version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be
> better off waiting.
>> 
>> Thanks for the response.
>> 
> 
> Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how to do
> this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml, modify the
> urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a command
> line parameter.
> 
> Let me know if you run into problems.
> 
> As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.  Hopefully
> that would make things easier.
> 
> Thanks,
> Om
> 
>> Joe
>> 
>> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
>> 
>>> 4.  In the installer project, add
> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
>> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
> installer uses code form the common project
> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>> 
>>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
>> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK modules/antTasks.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Justin
>> 
> 
>

Re: Install question

Posted by Om <bi...@gmail.com>.
Joe,

I am equally confused here.  We should have asked you this earlier - what
exactly is your end goal?

Thanks,
Om

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:

> Guys -
>
> The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I interpreted
> the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want to waste
> your time.
>
>
> Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory
> underneath Flash Builder sdks.
> 1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer'
> directory and the
>     'common' directory in the root.
> No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and have
> done sudo installs.
>
> 2.  In the installer directory run:
>         ant get-as3commons.swc
>     This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in
> the libs
>     directory.
> In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful. Only later
> do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to be dealt
> with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't indicated as
> an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of
> messages that I usually ignore.
> $ ant get-as3commons.swc
> Buildfile:
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xml
>  [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource flexTasks.tasks. It
> could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc:
>  [mkdir] Created dir:
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs
>  [get] Getting:
> http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons/as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>  [get] To:
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc
>  [get] ..........
>  [get] Getting:
> http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons/as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>  [get] To:
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>  [get] .
> [delete] Deleting:
> /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5
>  BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
> At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to this
> step and asked users@ what the message meant.
>
> As a fix for this, Justin suggests:
>
> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK modules/antTasks.
>
> I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for
> 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source directory, both
> turn up nothing:
>
> $ find . -name "modules"
> $ find . -name "flexTask.jar"
> $
> So I go to Google, and I see:
> the flexTasks.jar file is located at
> flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
> There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the
> installer directory turned up null, so I assume flash_builder_install is
> the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my old
> 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to use an
> older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is, I'm
> really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the installer.
> Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any module
> directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer source:
>
> $ find . -name "*tar*"
> $
>
> Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea what's
> going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the confusion on
> my own.
>
> In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the original
> message and went onto step 3.
>
> 3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called:
>         APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT
>     and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and 'common'
> directories are
>     located.
> I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the linked
> resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.
>
> 4.  In the installer project, add ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src
> as a source path.
> At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to. I was
> purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the inference is
> that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the installation of
> the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from command
> line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a variable. So I
> speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of installer
> project, so I exit and come back in, no difference.
>
> Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file called
> build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the attributes is
> 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was supposed
> to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there is no
> child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so I'm
> assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:
>
> I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the build.xml,
> but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding something?
>
> Justin writes back:
> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
> installer uses code form the common project
> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
> I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands of
> people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the SDK 4.9.0
> as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I downloaded
> as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me that I
> could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the build
> process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make install.
> At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in Flash
> Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up at this
> point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process are
> totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you think I'm
> close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's single
> click installer which specifies FP.
>
> Thanks for the support though.
>
>
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:
>
> On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
> >
> > Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player
> version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be
> better off waiting.
> >
> > Thanks for the response.
> >
>
> Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how to do
> this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml, modify the
> urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a command
> line parameter.
>
> Let me know if you run into problems.
>
> As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.  Hopefully
> that would make things easier.
>
> Thanks,
> Om
>
> > Joe
> >
> > On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I assume you trying the build the installer project?
> >
> >> 4.  In the installer project, add
> ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
> > This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
> installer uses code form the common project
> (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
> in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
> >
> >> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
> > Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
> pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK modules/antTasks.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Justin
> >
>
>

Re: Install question

Posted by Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>.
Guys -

The new version sounds good. I'll tell you step by step how I interpreted the instructions, but I feel I have such a disconnect I don't want to waste your time.


Pre-README: Installed Flash Builder 4.7.0. Added "4.9.0" directory underneath Flash Builder sdks.
1.  Unzip the source distribution.  You should see the 'installer' directory and the 
    'common' directory in the root.
No problem - I'm not a linux admin type, but know command line and have done sudo installs.

2.  In the installer directory run: 
        ant get-as3commons.swc
    This step downloads the required as3commons library and saves it in the libs 
    directory.
In running this, I get a message, but the build is successful. Only later do I figure out from Justin that this is something that needs to be dealt with. The reason I blow this message off is because it isn't indicated as an error, and during a typical make/make install there are a lot of messages that I usually ignore.
$ ant get-as3commons.swc
Buildfile: /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/build.xml 
 [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource flexTasks.tasks. It could not be found. check-as3commons.swc: get-as3commons.swc: 
 [mkdir] Created dir: /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs 
 [get] Getting: http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons/as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc 
 [get] To: /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc 
 [get] .......... 
 [get] Getting: http://projects.yoolab.org/maven/content/repositories/releases/org/as3commons/as3commons-zip/1.0.0-alpha.1/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5 
 [get] To: /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5 
 [get] .
[delete] Deleting: /Users/jk/Downloads/apache-flex-sdk-installer-2.0.2-src/installer/libs/as3commons-zip-1.0.0-alpha.1.swc.md5 
 BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 2 seconds
At first, I moved on, but later when nothing worked I went back to this step and asked users@ what the message meant.

As a fix for this, Justin suggests:

Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK modules/antTasks.

I really have no idea what this means, so I start searching for 'flexTask.jar' and the directory 'modules' from the source directory, both turn up nothing:

$ find . -name "modules"
$ find . -name "flexTask.jar"  
$
So I go to Google, and I see:
the flexTasks.jar file is located at flash_builder_install/sdks/4.6.0/ant/lib
There is no flash_builder_install, and the previous search of the installer directory turned up null, so I assume flash_builder_install is the installed directory. 4.9.0 is still empty, so I go back to my old 4.6.0, which does have the flexTasks.jar, but is this correct to use an older version? Assuming that's correct, which I don't think it is, I'm really not sure where the SDK is at this point - I only have the installer. Or does the installer contain the SDK? A search didn't show any module directories. So I try and look for a tarball within the installer source:

$ find . -name "*tar*"
$

Which returns nothing. I realize at this point that I have no idea what's going on, but unfortunately I don't have the time to clear the confusion on my own.

In my original effort (before writing Justin), I had ignored the original message and went onto step 3.

3.  If using Adobe Flash Builder, add a linked resource called: 
        APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT 
    and point it to the directory path where the 'installer' and 'common' directories are 
    located.
I am using FB 4.7, so I go into FB and figure out how to add the linked resource. I believe I did that correctly, I move onto step 4.

4.  In the installer project, add ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.  
At this point, I have no idea what "installer project" refers to. I was purely working command line, up until step 3. I believe the inference is that somehow there is a project in FB which is managing the installation of the SDK, but I have really no concept how the focus changed from command line to FB, except in step 3, which only indicated to set a variable. So I speculate, and I wonder if the variable sets up some sort of installer project, so I exit and come back in, no difference. 

Giving up on FB, I go back to the command line. There is a xml file called build.xml which contains a <project> item, and one of the attributes is 'installer', so I figure I found the installer project that I was supposed to be adding the source path to. In looking through the XML, there is no child elements that have source path definitions of any kind, so I'm assuming I am back in the weeds. I write this to users@:

I'm assuming the installer project it's referring to is in the build.xml, but what is the mechanism to add it? Or am I misunderstanding something?

Justin writes back:
This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the installer uses code form the common project (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
I'm entirely sure this makes sense to you guys, and the thousands of people who have installed it before. As a basic user, I view the SDK 4.9.0 as an overlay on top of FB 4.7. I view the install source that I downloaded as a mechanism to bind that overlay. It would never occur to me that I could 'build the installer in Flash Builder', I would assume the build process would take place on the command line, similar to make/make install. At this point I'm guessing I should see an installer project in Flash Builder? This is a foreign idea to me, and I'm sort of giving up at this point, because my fundamental assumptions about the build process are totally flawed. I'll leave it up to you guys to determine if you think I'm close and can provide guidance, or if I should just wait for Lee's single click installer which specifies FP.

Thanks for the support though.


On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Om wrote:

On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
> 
> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player
version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be
better off waiting.
> 
> Thanks for the response.
> 

Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how to do
this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml, modify the
urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a command
line parameter.

Let me know if you run into problems.

As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.  Hopefully
that would make things easier.

Thanks,
Om

> Joe
> 
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
> 
>> 4.  In the installer project, add
${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
installer uses code form the common project
(/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
> 
>> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK modules/antTasks.
> 
> Thanks,
> Justin
>

Re: Install question

Posted by Om <bi...@gmail.com>.
On Feb 22, 2013 12:56 AM, "Joe Kryzak" <fl...@aligned.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5.
>
> Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player
version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be
better off waiting.
>
> Thanks for the response.
>

Joe, the README in the installer directory has directions on how to do
this.  Basically, you grab a copy of the insataller config xml, modify the
urls and version number and inject the xml into the installer as a command
line parameter.

Let me know if you run into problems.

As Lee mentioned, he is planning to make this doable via the UI.  Hopefully
that would make things easier.

Thanks,
Om

> Joe
>
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I assume you trying the build the installer project?
>
> > 4.  In the installer project, add
${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.
> This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the
installer uses code form the common project
(/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path
in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.
>
> > 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below.
> Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or
pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK modules/antTasks.
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
>

Re: Install question

Posted by Joe Kryzak <fl...@aligned.com>.
Yes, I was attempting to build 4.9 with flash player 11.5. 

Is there a plan to have the binary installer select the flash player version? I'm not locating the artifacts you are referencing, I might be better off waiting.

Thanks for the response.

Joe

On Feb 22, 2013, at 12:10 AM, Justin Mclean wrote:

Hi,

I assume you trying the build the installer project?

> 4.  In the installer project, add ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.  
This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the installer uses code form the common project (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.

> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below. 
Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK modules/antTasks.

Thanks,
Justin

Re: Install question

Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
Hi,

I assume you trying the build the installer project?

> 4.  In the installer project, add ${APACHE_FLEX_UTILITIES_ROOT}/common/src as a source path.  
This refers to if you building the installer in Flash Builder, the installer uses code form the common project (/flex/untilities/trunk/common). It's in properties under Flex Build Path in the Source Path tab, click add folder to add it.

> 2. Also, In the ant command in step 2 I see the message below. 
Ant can't find flexTasks, add flexTask.jar to your ANT lib directory or pass it to ant via -lib. You can find it in the Flex SDK modules/antTasks.

Thanks,
Justin