f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 12/27/2013 02:22 PM, Dan Thurman wrote:
> 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>

And checking in regularly to see if there is an update.  Fortunately my 
day job gives me heads up if there are any security patches coming out.