Adobe Acrobat

[Kam Leo]

On 6/24/07, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/24/07, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> > Chris Jones wrote:
> > >> So, as I said, what do yo get it you attempt to start the app from the
> > >> command line. I.e. type
> > >>
> > >>  > acroread
> > >>
> > >> ?????
> > >>
> > >
> > > OK, so not really expecting you to actually do this yourself... I thought I
> > > would see for myself.
> > >
> > > So, I installed the acroread rpm from here
> > >
> > > ftp://ftp.uib.no/pub/Linux/uib/fedora/5/i386/AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386.rpm
> > >
> > > and that went fine.
> > >
> > > However, when I ran
> > >
> > >  > acroread
> > >
> > > I got endless messages of the form "expr: syntax error"
> > >
> > > Had you done this yourself, then the web site with Frank Cox told you would
> > > have explained the solution to you. (Alternatively, googling for "acroread
> > > expr: syntax error" took me to a link that explained the error and gave a
> > > solution in the very first link....)
> > >
> > > Look at
> > >
> > > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Fedora_Core_6_-_Troubleshooting
> > >
> > > making the change to line 418 fixed this problem, and acroread runs just fine
> > > now.
> > >
> > > Moral of this story - Don't just post "It doesn't work" messages. Try and
> > > debug what isn't working. Don't just run an app from the gui - start it from
> > > the command line as this gives you much more useful feedback.
> > >
> > > yours  Chris
> > >
> > >
> >     What was wrong with the Don't work message? I got yours saying don't
> > send those, and the next message was from Frank with the web page where
> > I got the info to mofify the code and I do know how to do that. But it's
> > odd you need to re-write code to get it to run on FC6.
> >     Anyhow I know have it running. So the don't work message worked.
> >
> > Karl
>
> Your vague message caused seven (7) other unnecessary messages to be
> posted on this list. You got help this time. Keep it up and some on
> this list may filter you out.
>

FYI for other FC6 users:

It appears that AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386.rpm does not or fails to
install the browser plugin. I had to run
/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/install_browser_plugin as root, use the
manual install option, and install to /usr/lib/mozilla.