FC5: Failed dependecies while installing Acrobat Reader

[Paul Smith]

On 3/26/06, Stanton Finley <stanfinley at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > This thread triggered an overly aggressive header check. Apparently,
> > > two list mails were rejected. My apologies for any incovenience.
> > >
> > > While I am at it, I installed Acrobat Reader with no problem
> > > whatsoever.
> >
> > Try to get the rpm package at www.adobe.com because I also get problem
> > when I am in 7.0.1 and now I am using 7.0.5 i without problem.
>
> You could try the Adobe Reader instructions at
> http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html .

A good way of solving the problem is

yum localinstall acroreadrpm

it will not install acroread, but it will tell you the missing dependencies.

Install those with yum, and then

rpm -ihv acroreadrpm

Good luck,

Paul