Adobe 7 Question

doro · 06-07-2006, 01:29 PM

Hello all,
I am 'really' new to linux and highly dependent on GUI for doing things.
I downloaded the AdobeReader RPM and installed in on Fedora 5

There was nothing added to the menu and I can't seem to find how to launch the progam. I have tried $locate adobe but nothing shows up.
Tried $locate acroread still nothing shows up.

I'm lost as to how to get this reader up and running.

Harlin · 06-07-2006, 01:40 PM

Perhaps a stupid question, but did you try 'acroread' at the prompt? If not, re-run your locate update tool: updatedb as root. Also, make sure you're not trying to start 'acroread' as root ... it may be in a path that will not be automatically added to root's path like it normally would for a regular user's.

Harlin Seritt

reddazz · 06-07-2006, 01:42 PM

Its usually added to the Office section of the menu. You can also run it by entering "acroread" in a terminal.

doro · 06-07-2006, 02:11 PM

I tried updating db as root, then ran locate adobe again - here is the result. I still can't locate acroread.

[root@SERVER don]# updatedb
[root@SERVER don]# locate adobe
/usr/share/X11/fonts/encodings/adobe-dingbats.enc.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/encodings/adobe-standard.enc.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/encodings/adobe-symbol.enc.gz
/usr/share/ogonkify/adobe.enc
[root@SERVER don]#

It seems that the software did not install. I ran install using the RPM and it said that the install was successful. I'm puzzled.

Harlin · 06-07-2006, 02:25 PM

Ok, go ahead and install xpdf

That will work just as well

reddazz · 06-07-2006, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doro

I tried updating db as root, then ran locate adobe again - here is the result. I still can't locate acroread.

[root@SERVER don]# updatedb
[root@SERVER don]# locate adobe
/usr/share/X11/fonts/encodings/adobe-dingbats.enc.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/encodings/adobe-standard.enc.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/encodings/adobe-symbol.enc.gz
/usr/share/ogonkify/adobe.enc
[root@SERVER don]#

It seems that the software did not install. I ran install using the RPM and it said that the install was successful. I'm puzzled.

As I mentioned above, the command to run Adobe Reader is called "acroread" and not "adobe". To check whether Adobe Reader is installed, do

Code:

$rpm -qa | grep -i Adobe

If it was installed successfully you should get output thats similar to

Code:

AdobeReader_enu-7.0.5-1

doro · 06-07-2006, 03:53 PM

Thanks for the suggestion - I ran the command twice with both Adobe and adobe (upper and lower case) both returned nothing so it seems that the program is not installing for some reason.

[don@SERVER ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i Adobe
[don@SERVER ~]$
[don@SERVER ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i adobe
[don@SERVER ~]$

I can manage with xpdf but find it puzzling why adobe wont install.
I just recently installed Fedora 5.0 and wonder if I should re-install. Do you think that would help?

Harlin · 06-07-2006, 04:32 PM

You may want to check the Adobe Reader site and see if Fedora Core 5 is supported yet.

reddazz · 06-07-2006, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doro

Thanks for the suggestion - I ran the command twice with both Adobe and adobe (upper and lower case) both returned nothing so it seems that the program is not installing for some reason.

[don@SERVER ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i Adobe
[don@SERVER ~]$
[don@SERVER ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i adobe
[don@SERVER ~]$

I can manage with xpdf but find it puzzling why adobe wont install.
I just recently installed Fedora 5.0 and wonder if I should re-install. Do you think that would help?

You didn't really need to run the command twice since -i in grep matches lower and upper case names. Anyway the results mean that its not installed, on your system.

doro · 06-08-2006, 04:45 PM

I did a complete re-install and was able to install adobe reader this time.
Thanks for all your input.