f20 - acrobat reader where are thou?

[Dan Thurman]

On 12/27/2013 11:35 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
> 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.
>
So... you are good to go? ;)