It’s been a few months now since I’ve gone completely Linux on my computers. As you would expect you start figuring out the little quirks of a system from day to day use. I’ve been doing my best to make notes as things crop up and what the solution is.

One of my more frequent issues is regarding Adobe Air. I only have a couple of applets that I use but I use them often. During it’s initial beta period on Linux, the Air platform when through pretty regular updates. I noticed a problem every time I updated it on Ubuntu. Adobe Air would break my Add/Remove Applications manager. The window would show up completely blank every time I loaded it to go hunting for a new program. After a little research on the Ubuntu forums I found the quick and easy way to reinstall the manager itself. Nothing too fancy, just open up the terminal and enter:

sudo update-app-install

It’s worked every time so far without issue. I just wanted to make a permanent note of it here for my own reference above everything else. And possibly share it with anyone else who stumbles across the same problem.