f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 12/27/2013 01:56 PM, Dan Thurman wrote:
> On 12/27/2013 10:24 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>
>> On 12/27/2013 01:12 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>
>>> On 12/27/2013 12:54 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:46:17 -0500
>>>> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I downloaded and installed: adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
>>>> I don't know where you found that,
>>>
>>> adobe.com download flash-plugin via yum path.
>>>
>>>>   but adobe doesn't seem
>>>> interested in supporting yum any longer. The best you can do
>>>> these days is go to the adobe.com site and follow the download
>>>> links for acrobat and you can get a rpm from the adobe site.
>>>
>>> They do seem to support it for flash-plugin.  Maybe becuase they 
>>> have to do security updates so frequently.
>>>
>>> Meanwhile for acrobat I got:  AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin
>>>
>>> but step 3 of 3 is coming up blank.  What do I do with this .bin file.
>>
>> I don't believe this!  I turned AdBlock off for this page, and it is 
>> nothing but an AD!!!!  No instructions on what to do with a .bin 
>> file.  I ASSuME that I move it to /bin or /sbin or some such?  Where 
>> is it safe to put?
>>
>>
> I think the steps are:
>
> 1) Download adobe YUM repo package
>     (which you did: adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm)
>
>     Install YUM repo package:
>       # yum localinstall ./adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
>
>     This creates the YUM repo file for Adobe in:
>     # ls -l /etc/yum.repos.d/adobe-linux-i386.repo
>        (Make sure repo is "enabled=1", use vi)
>
>     If the repo file is not there, then it is not installed.

# cat adobe-linux-i386.repo
[adobe-linux-i386]
name=Adobe Systems Incorporated
baseurl=http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux


>
> 2) List the adobe files available for installation:
>        # yum list | grep adobe
>        AdobeReader_XXX.YYY (select your language. (English, XXX=enu, 
> YYY=i486))
>        [...]

# yum list | grep adobe
adobe-release-i386.noarch 1.0-1                         
@/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch
flash-plugin.i386 11.2.202.332-release          @adobe-linux-i386
adobe-source-code-pro-fonts.noarch 1.017-3.fc20                  updates
adobe-source-libraries.i686 1.0.43-19.fc20                fedora
adobe-source-libraries-devel.i686 1.0.43-19.fc20                fedora
adobe-source-libraries-doc.i686 1.0.43-19.fc20                fedora
adobe-source-sans-pro-fonts.noarch 1.050-2.fc20                  fedora
texlive-adobemapping.noarch 3:svn28079.0-3.fc20           fedora

No AdobeReader listed  :(
>
> 3) Yum install AdobeReader_XXX.YYY
>
> 4) Good luck finding the Adobe Reader menu icon, but command-line 
> executable is:
>      /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread
>
> Hope this helps!
>