FC6 and acroread - not working

[Florin Andrei]

I got acroread-7.0.5-2.2.fc5.rf.nosrc.rpm from here:

http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/packages/acroread/info.html

I extracted the spec file. I downloaded the latest acroread tar.gz from 
Adobe, then adjusted the spec for the new version. Then rebuilt the 
acroread binary package.

But when I launch acroread, I get a bunch of messages like this:

expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error

Any clue?

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[Paul Smith]

On 10/30/06, Florin Andrei <florin(a)andrei.myip.org&gt; wrote:
>  I got acroread-7.0.5-2.2.fc5.rf.nosrc.rpm from here:
>
>  http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/packages/acroread/info.html
>
>  I extracted the spec file. I downloaded the latest acroread tar.gz from
>  Adobe, then adjusted the spec for the new version. Then rebuilt the
>  acroread binary package.
>
>  But when I launch acroread, I get a bunch of messages like this:
>
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>
>  Any clue? 
Yes, Florin. Read the following thread:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=116211466814637&w=2

Paul

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 30 October 2006 02:17, Paul Smith wrote:
> On 10/30/06, Florin Andrei <florin(a)andrei.myip.org&gt; wrote:
> > I got acroread-7.0.5-2.2.fc5.rf.nosrc.rpm from here:
> >
> > http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/packages/acroread/info.html
> >
> > I extracted the spec file. I downloaded the latest acroread tar.gz
> > from Adobe, then adjusted the spec for the new version. Then rebuilt
> > the acroread binary package.
> >
> > But when I launch acroread, I get a bunch of messages like this:
> >
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> >
> > Any clue?
>
> Yes, Florin. Read the following thread:
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=116211466814637&w=2
>
> Paul 
I just did that to my copy of 7.0.8, but my symptoms were somewhat 
different in that it would probably display the page, but clicking on the 
close button locked things up for about 2 minutes, at which point firefox 
itself went away.  Now I'm waiting for another interesting .pdf to come 
by for testing purposes.


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[Paul Johnson]

Install the newest Adobe RPM from the adobe website, which for me is
AdobeReader_enu-7.0.8-1

Then the attached patch fixes the problem you see in there.

/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin

You know, in a terminal run "patch < acrobat.patch" in that directory.

On 11/20/06, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett(a)verizon.net&gt; wrote:
>  On Monday 30 October 2006 02:17, Paul Smith wrote:
>  >On 10/30/06, Florin Andrei <florin(a)andrei.myip.org&gt; wrote:
>  >> I got acroread-7.0.5-2.2.fc5.rf.nosrc.rpm from here:
>  >>
>  >> http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/packages/acroread/info.html
>  >>
>  >> I extracted the spec file. I downloaded the latest acroread tar.gz
>  >> from Adobe, then adjusted the spec for the new version. Then rebuilt
>  >> the acroread binary package.
>  >>
>  >> But when I launch acroread, I get a bunch of messages like this:
>  >>
>  >> expr: syntax error
>  >> expr: syntax error
>  
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[Gene Heskett]

Paul Johnson wrote:
>  Install the newest Adobe RPM from the adobe website, which for me is
>  AdobeReader_enu-7.0.8-1
>  
>  Then the attached patch fixes the problem you see in there.
>  
>  /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin
>  
>  You know, in a terminal run "patch < acrobat.patch" in that directory.
>  
>  On 11/20/06, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett(a)verizon.net&gt; wrote:
> > On Monday 30 October 2006 02:17, Paul Smith wrote:
> > >On 10/30/06, Florin Andrei <florin(a)andrei.myip.org&gt; wrote:
> > >> I got acroread-7.0.5-2.2.fc5.rf.nosrc.rpm from here:
> > >>
> > >> http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/packages/acroread/info.html
> > >>
> > >> I extracted the spec file. I downloaded the latest acroread tar.gz
> > >> from Adobe, then adjusted the spec for the new version. Then rebuilt
> > >> the acroread binary package.
> > >>
> > >> But when I launch acroread, I get a bunch of messages like this:
> > >>
> > >> expr: syntax error
> > >> expr: syntax error
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > --- acroread.orig	2006-10-28 13:28:07.000000000 +0200
> > +++ acroread	2006-10-28 13:28:52.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
> >    if [ -z "$2" -o "$2" = "$1" ] ; then
> >      echo "$1"
> >    else
> > +
> >      first="`expr "$2" : '\([^:]*\):'`"
> >      if [ "$first" = "$1" ] ; then
> >        echo "$2"
> > @@ -409,14 +410,16 @@
> >          fi
> >  
> >     		mfile=`basename $ifile`
> > -    	echo $mfile | grep -q
> "libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\)" 2>/dev/null
> > -
> > -   		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
> > -           return 1 
> > +    	if echo $mfile | grep -q
> "libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9][0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)" 2>/dev/null
> > +	then
> > +		echo $mfile| sed
> 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9][0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\1\2\3/g'
> > +		return 0
> > +	elif echo $mfile | grep -q
> "libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)" 2>/dev/null
> > +	then
> > +		echo $mfile| sed
> 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\10\2\3/g'
> > +		return 0
> >          fi
> > -
> > -   		echo $mfile| sed
> 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\1\2\3/g'
> > -        return 0
> > +       	return 1 
> >      fi
> >  
> >      return 1
> > @@ -640,7 +643,7 @@
> >  # Check the version of gtk and update the LD_LIBRARY_PATH if required.
> >  
> >  if [ "`uname -s`" = "Linux" ]; then
> > -	MIN_GTK_VERSION="240"
> > +	MIN_GTK_VERSION="2040"
> >  	check_gtk_ver_and_set_lib_path  "$MIN_GTK_VERSION"  ### returns 0 if
> found gtk >= 2.4
> >  fi
> > 
Thanks, this appears to work.  The acid test for me will be when FF 
see's a .pdf, and calls acroread to display it.  If I can quit that w/o 
waiting around for about 1:30 before the exit x I clicked on to work, 
I'd say its fixed.

But I'm confused, my question post dates 11/20/06, and it's now 
12/08/06, so I'd very nearly forgotten about it.  A lack of short term 
memory at my age is a curse.

Thanks again.

-- 
Cheers, Gene

[Mike McCarty]

Gene Heskett wrote:
>  Paul Johnson wrote:
>  
> > Install the newest Adobe RPM from the adobe website, which for me is
> > AdobeReader_enu-7.0.8-1
> >
> > Then the attached patch fixes the problem you see in there.
> >
> > /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin
> >
> > You know, in a terminal run "patch < acrobat.patch" in that directory.
> >
> > On 11/20/06, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett(a)verizon.net&gt; wrote:
> >
> >> On Monday 30 October 2006 02:17, Paul Smith wrote:
> >> >On 10/30/06, Florin Andrei <florin(a)andrei.myip.org&gt; wrote:
> >> >> I got acroread-7.0.5-2.2.fc5.rf.nosrc.rpm from here:
> >> >>
> >> >> http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/packages/acroread/info.html
> >> >>
> >> >> I extracted the spec file. I downloaded the latest acroread tar.gz
> >> >> from Adobe, then adjusted the spec for the new version. Then rebuilt
> >> >> the acroread binary package.
> >> >>
> >> >> But when I launch acroread, I get a bunch of messages like this:
> >> >>
> >> >> expr: syntax error
> >> >> expr: syntax error
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> --- acroread.orig    2006-10-28 13:28:07.000000000 +0200
> >> +++ acroread    2006-10-28 13:28:52.000000000 +0200
> >> @@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
> >>    if [ -z "$2" -o "$2" = "$1" ] ; then
> >>      echo "$1"
> >>    else
> >> +
> >>      first="`expr "$2" : '\([^:]*\):'`"
> >>      if [ "$first" = "$1" ] ; then
> >>        echo "$2"
> >> @@ -409,14 +410,16 @@
> >>          fi
> >>  
> >>             mfile=`basename $ifile`
> >> -        echo $mfile | grep -q 
> >> "libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\)" 2>/dev/null
> >> -
> >> -           if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
> >> -           return 1 +        if echo $mfile | grep -q 
> >> "libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9][0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)"
> 2>/dev/null
> >> +    then
> >> +        echo $mfile| sed 
> >>
> 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9][0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\1\2\3/g' 
> >>
> >> +        return 0
> >> +    elif echo $mfile | grep -q 
> >> "libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)" 2>/dev/null
> >> +    then
> >> +        echo $mfile| sed 
> >> 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\10\2\3/g'
>
> >>
> >> +        return 0
> >>          fi
> >> -
> >> -           echo $mfile| sed 
> >> 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\1\2\3/g'
> >> -        return 0
> >> +           return 1      fi
> >>  
> >>      return 1
> >> @@ -640,7 +643,7 @@
> >>  # Check the version of gtk and update the LD_LIBRARY_PATH if required.
> >>  
> >>  if [ "`uname -s`" = "Linux" ]; then
> >> -    MIN_GTK_VERSION="240"
> >> +    MIN_GTK_VERSION="2040"
> >>      check_gtk_ver_and_set_lib_path  "$MIN_GTK_VERSION"  ### returns 
> >> 0 if found gtk >= 2.4
> >>  fi
> >>
>  
>  Thanks, this appears to work.  The acid test for me will be when FF 
>  see's a .pdf, and calls acroread to display it.  If I can quit that w/o 
>  waiting around for about 1:30 before the exit x I clicked on to work, 
>  I'd say its fixed.
>  
>  But I'm confused, my question post dates 11/20/06, and it's now 
>  12/08/06, so I'd very nearly forgotten about it.  A lack of short term 
>  memory at my age is a curse. 
You're not looking at it right, Gene.

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Doctor:  Well, I have bad news, and I have worse news.
Old Man: Ok, give me the worse news first.
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Old Man: Oh. Hmm. Well, give me the bad news.
Doctor:  You also have Alzheimer's disease.
Old Man: (after a pause to let the news sink in) Well, at least
          it isn't cancer!

Mike
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Hello!

Sorry, could I get a patch for AdobeReader_enu-7.0.8-1 too :)

>  Gene Heskett wrote:
>  > Paul Johnson wrote:
>  > 
>  >> Install the newest Adobe RPM from the adobe website, which for me is
>  >> AdobeReader_enu-7.0.8-1
>  >>
>  >> Then the attached patch fixes the problem you see in there.
>  >>
>  >> /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin
>  >>
>  >> You know, in a terminal run "patch < acrobat.patch" in that
> directory.

[Roberto Ammendola]

these seem to be the definitive working corrections to edit in the 
acroread executable:

[root@hal9000 bin]# pwd
/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin
[root@hal9000 bin]# diff acroread.orig acroread
418c418
<               echo $mfile| sed 
's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\1\2\3/g'
---
>                echo $mfile| sed 
's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]*\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\1\2\3/g'
643c643
<       MIN_GTK_VERSION="240"
---
>        MIN_GTK_VERSION="2040"

[Charles Curley]

On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 06:20:16PM +0100, Roberto Ammendola wrote:
>  these seem to be the definitive working corrections to edit in the 
>  acroread executable:
>  
>  [root@hal9000 bin]# pwd
>  /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin
>  [root@hal9000 bin]# diff acroread.orig acroread
>  418c418 

That seems to work here. Thanks!


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[Luc]

Florin Andrei wrote:

>  I got acroread-7.0.5-2.2.fc5.rf.nosrc.rpm from here:
>  
>  http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/packages/acroread/info.html
>  
>  I extracted the spec file. I downloaded the latest acroread tar.gz from
>  Adobe, then adjusted the spec for the new version. Then rebuilt the
>  acroread binary package.
>  
>  But when I launch acroread, I get a bunch of messages like this:
>  
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  expr: syntax error
>  
>  Any clue?
>   
The rpm from Adobe works perfectly on my FC6:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html