How to install TweetDeck on Ubuntu 11.04 64bit

Installing TweetDeck on Ubuntu 11.04 on a 64bit system can be challenging. Let us shot you how!

The guys at Twitter (recently bought TweatDeck) have made a Linux version available here.

This is great and works perfectly if you have a 32bit system. If you, like myself, have a 64bit Linux setup, this is not great, as you have to manually install Adobe Air.

Below is a step by step guide on how to go from zero to TweetDeck in 2 minutes:

Download Adobe Air for Linux (available in .deb .bin .rpm and YUM)

As I am using Ubuntu, I will be using the .deb We have to unpack the .deb and recompile it into 64bit architecture:

Go to the folder you have downloaded the file into (default is /home/username/Downloads). Create a temporary directory to store the files in, run the following commands:

 

1. mkdir tmpfolder

Extract the .deb file to the tmpfolder directory:

2. dpkg-deb -x adobeair.deb tmp

Extract the control files:

3. dpkg-deb –control adobeair.deb tmp/DEBIAN

Change the Architecture parameter from “i386? to “all”:

Repackage the deb file:

dpkg -b tmp adobeair_64.deb

You are now good to go! You can install Adobe Air by running:sudo dpkg -i adobeair_64.deb

Now that you have the Adobe Air installed, you can go back to the TweetDeck website and the Flash site will be able to automatically determine your Linux OS and in a couple of seconds – you will be have your TweetDeck installed on Ubuntu 11.04 after the installation has run its coarse.

Happy Tweeting!