Problem AdobeReader after upgrade F28 to F29.

[Ger van Dijck]

Hi all ,




I did un upgrade from Fedora28 to Ferdora29  (x86_64) , I had to add in  
the procedure tho option --allowerase .

The Acrobat Reader does not funktionate anymore : So I tried to reinstall  
it with AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm .

I get the message "build transaction failure , conflicting requests ;  
nothing provides libidn.so.11 needed by AcrobatReader_enu-9.5.5-1.i486 .

How can I solve this problem ? _

Kind regards,

Ger van Dijck.


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[Markus Schönhaber]

Ger Van Dijck, Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:32:43 +0100:

>  The Acrobat Reader does not funktionate anymore : So I tried to
> reinstall  
>  it with AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm .
>  
>  I get the message "build transaction failure , conflicting requests ;  
>  nothing provides libidn.so.11 needed by AcrobatReader_enu-9.5.5-1.i486 .
>  
>  How can I solve this problem ? _ 
You can solve this problem by not using this ancient, unsupported piece
of software which contains a lot of unpatched security bugs.

There are quite a few PDF readers available in the Fedora repositories
(Okular, Evince, MuPDF, …) you can choose from. Very likely there's
already one installed that came with your DE. Otherwise, pick the one
that suits you best.
If, for some reason, it has to be the Adobe Reader, you could try to run
a current (supported) Windows version with Wine.

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Regards
  mks

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 19:17:27 +0100 Markus Schönhaber
<fedora-users(a)list-post.mks-mail.de&gt; wrote:

>  Ger Van Dijck, Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:32:43 +0100:
>  
>  > The Acrobat Reader does not funktionate anymore : So I tried to reinstall  
>  > it with AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm .
>  > 
>  > I get the message "build transaction failure , conflicting requests ;  
>  > nothing provides libidn.so.11 needed by AcrobatReader_enu-9.5.5-1.i486 .
>  > 
>  > How can I solve this problem ? _
>  
>  You can solve this problem by not using this ancient, unsupported piece
>  of software which contains a lot of unpatched security bugs.
>  
>  There are quite a few PDF readers available in the Fedora repositories
>  (Okular, Evince, MuPDF, …) you can choose from. Very likely there's
>  already one installed that came with your DE. Otherwise, pick the one
>  that suits you best. 
Hi,

I agree that choosing an OSS pdf viewer is the best. However is there a viewer that can
handle animation? This is the only reason I sometimes use acroread.

An example of what I am talking about is in this file (created by LaTeX): there is a file
in there called stadoc.pdf which has the animation on 
Page 5, Movie 1. 

https://wol-prod-cdn.literatumonline.com/pb-assets/assets/20491573/Stat_A...


When I try to read it in evince or okular, in the first case, nothing happens with the
animation. In the case of okular, I get a blank gray square where the animation is. (All
this with F28: I do not know if upgrading F29 will fix that in the sense that if there is
an upgrade to evince or okular.)

Thanks,
Ranjan

[Max Pyziur]

On Fri, 2 Nov 2018, Ranjan Maitra wrote:

>  On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 19:17:27 +0100 Markus Schönhaber
> <fedora-users(a)list-post.mks-mail.de&gt; wrote:
>
> > Ger Van Dijck, Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:32:43 +0100:
> >
> >> The Acrobat Reader does not funktionate anymore : So I tried to reinstall
> >> it with AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm .
> >>
> >> I get the message "build transaction failure , conflicting requests ;
> >> nothing provides libidn.so.11 needed by AcrobatReader_enu-9.5.5-1.i486 .
> >>
> >> How can I solve this problem ? _
> >
> > You can solve this problem by not using this ancient, unsupported piece
> > of software which contains a lot of unpatched security bugs.
> >
> > There are quite a few PDF readers available in the Fedora repositories
> > (Okular, Evince, MuPDF, …) you can choose from. Very likely there's
> > already one installed that came with your DE. Otherwise, pick the one
> > that suits you best.
>
>  Hi,
>
>  I agree that choosing an OSS pdf viewer is the best. However is there a viewer that can
> handle animation? This is the only reason I sometimes use acroread.
>
>  An example of what I am talking about is in this file (created by LaTeX): there is a file
> in there called stadoc.pdf which has the animation on
>  Page 5, Movie 1.
>
>
> https://wol-prod-cdn.literatumonline.com/pb-assets/assets/20491573/Stat_A...
>
>  When I try to read it in evince or okular, in the first case, nothing happens with the
> animation. In the case of okular, I get a blank gray square where the animation is. (All
> this with F28: I do not know if upgrading F29 will fix that in the sense that if there is
> an upgrade to evince or okular.) 
Joining the chorus of those who use AdobeReader, two benefits:
  - Adobe has tabs rather than individual windows in order to view several 
documents at once;
  - Adobe's save-as-text function sometimes works better than pdftotext; 
since there is no standardization of pdf files, sometimes one tool renders 
the text better than the other (YMMV)

Thanks,

Max

>  Thanks,
>  Ranjan
>

[SOLVED] Re: Problem AdobeReader after upgrade F28 to F29.

[Max Pyziur]

On Sun, 4 Nov 2018, Max Pyziur wrote:

>  On Fri, 2 Nov 2018, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 19:17:27 +0100 Markus Schönhaber 
> > <fedora-users(a)list-post.mks-mail.de&gt; wrote:
> > 
> >> Ger Van Dijck, Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:32:43 +0100:
> >> 
> >>> The Acrobat Reader does not funktionate anymore : So I tried to reinstall
> >>> it with AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm .
> >>> 
> >>> I get the message "build transaction failure , conflicting requests ;
> >>> nothing provides libidn.so.11 needed by AcrobatReader_enu-9.5.5-1.i486 .
> >>> 
> >>> How can I solve this problem ? _
> >> 
> >> You can solve this problem by not using this ancient, unsupported piece
> >> of software which contains a lot of unpatched security bugs.
> >> 
> >> There are quite a few PDF readers available in the Fedora repositories
> >> (Okular, Evince, MuPDF, …) you can choose from. Very likely there's
> >> already one installed that came with your DE. Otherwise, pick the one
> >> that suits you best.
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I agree that choosing an OSS pdf viewer is the best. However is there a 
> > viewer that can handle animation? This is the only reason I sometimes use 
> > acroread.
> > 
> > An example of what I am talking about is in this file (created by LaTeX): 
> > there is a file in there called stadoc.pdf which has the animation on
> > Page 5, Movie 1.
> > 
> >
> https://wol-prod-cdn.literatumonline.com/pb-assets/assets/20491573/Stat_A...
> > 
> > When I try to read it in evince or okular, in the first case, nothing 
> > happens with the animation. In the case of okular, I get a blank gray 
> > square where the animation is. (All this with F28: I do not know if 
> > upgrading F29 will fix that in the sense that if there is an upgrade to 
> > evince or okular.)
>
>  Joining the chorus of those who use AdobeReader, two benefits:
>  - Adobe has tabs rather than individual windows in order to view several 
>  documents at once;
>  - Adobe's save-as-text function sometimes works better than pdftotext; since 
>  there is no standardization of pdf files, sometimes one tool renders the text 
>  better than the other (YMMV) 
I managed to install AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm and it works 
correctly.

First:
dnf install libidn1.34-1.34-1.fc29.i686

Then,
rpm -ivh --force AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm

YMMV & fyi,

Max Pyziur
pyz(a)brama.com


>  Thanks,
>
>  Max
>
> > Thanks,
> > Ranjan
>

[SOLVED] Re: Problem AdobeReader after upgrade F28 to F29.

[Ger van Dijck]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 23:27:10 +0100, Max Pyziur <pyz(a)brama.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Sun, 4 Nov 2018, Max Pyziur wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2 Nov 2018, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 19:17:27 +0100 Markus Schönhaber
> >> <fedora-users(a)list-post.mks-mail.de&gt; wrote:
> >>
> >>> Ger Van Dijck, Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:32:43 +0100:
> >>>
> >>>> The Acrobat Reader does not funktionate anymore : So I tried to  
> >>>> reinstall
> >>>> it with AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm .
> >>>>
> >>>> I get the message "build transaction failure , conflicting requests
> ;
> >>>> nothing provides libidn.so.11 needed by  
> >>>> AcrobatReader_enu-9.5.5-1.i486 .
> >>>>
> >>>> How can I solve this problem ? _
> >>>
> >>> You can solve this problem by not using this ancient, unsupported  
> >>> piece
> >>> of software which contains a lot of unpatched security bugs.
> >>>
> >>> There are quite a few PDF readers available in the Fedora repositories
> >>> (Okular, Evince, MuPDF, …) you can choose from. Very likely there's
> >>> already one installed that came with your DE. Otherwise, pick the one
> >>> that suits you best.
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I agree that choosing an OSS pdf viewer is the best. However is there a
> >> viewer that can handle animation? This is the only reason I sometimes  
> >> use
> >> acroread.
> >>
> >> An example of what I am talking about is in this file (created by  
> >> LaTeX):
> >> there is a file in there called stadoc.pdf which has the animation on
> >> Page 5, Movie 1.
> >>
> >>
> https://wol-prod-cdn.literatumonline.com/pb-assets/assets/20491573/Stat_A...
> >>
> >> When I try to read it in evince or okular, in the first case, nothing
> >> happens with the animation. In the case of okular, I get a blank gray
> >> square where the animation is. (All this with F28: I do not know if
> >> upgrading F29 will fix that in the sense that if there is an upgrade to
> >> evince or okular.)
> >
> > Joining the chorus of those who use AdobeReader, two benefits:
> > - Adobe has tabs rather than individual windows in order to view several
> > documents at once;
> > - Adobe's save-as-text function sometimes works better than pdftotext;  
> > since
> > there is no standardization of pdf files, sometimes one tool renders  
> > the text
> > better than the other (YMMV)
>
>  I managed to install AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm and it works
>  correctly.
>
>  First:
>  dnf install libidn1.34-1.34-1.fc29.i686
>
>  Then,
>  rpm -ivh --force AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm
>
>  YMMV & fyi,
>
>  Max Pyziur
>  pyz(a)brama.com
>
>
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Max
> >
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ranjan 
Max thanks : You are the greatest .
Ger van Dijck.

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