f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

[Dan Thurman]

On 12/27/2013 11:10 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
> 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!
>>
>
Ok, I see what is going on...  the adobe repo package does
not list the reader from adobe's site, so you have to separately
download the reader from:
http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/

Then install:
# yum localinstall <adobe reader rpm package>