[SOLVED] Slackware64-current: Trying to install a PDF reader.
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Slackware64-current: Trying to install a PDF reader.
Slackware64-current
kernel 5.4.50
Hi: I looked for Okular in slackbuilds.org and did not found it. Then I downloaded, from https://helpx.adobe.com/air/kb/archi...k-version.html, an old Adobe Acrobat Reader for Linux and got this file: AdobeAIRInstaller.bin. Now
Code:
root@darkstar:/home/bill/Downloads# ls -l
total 15772
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bill bill 16127348 Jul 8 12:45 AdobeAIRInstaller.bin*
root@darkstar:/home/bill/Downloads# ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
-su: ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin: No such file or directory
root@darkstar:/home/bill/Downloads#
If I do the same from a text console it is bash and not su who gives the message. what happens here?
EDIT: please note I know Adobe no longer supports Linux.
Hi: I looked for Okular in slackbuilds.org and did not found it. Then I downloaded, from https://helpx.adobe.com/air/kb/archi...k-version.html, an old Adobe Acrobat Reader for Linux and got this file: AdobeAIRInstaller.bin. Now
Code:
root@darkstar:/home/bill/Downloads# ls -l
total 15772
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bill bill 16127348 Jul 8 12:45 AdobeAIRInstaller.bin*
root@darkstar:/home/bill/Downloads# ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
-su: ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin: No such file or directory
root@darkstar:/home/bill/Downloads#
If I do the same from a text console it is bash and not su who gives the message. what happens here?
that you're trying to run on a 64-bit system but you don't have a 32-bit dynamic interpreter:
Code:
$ readelf -a AdobeAIRInstaller.bin | grep "Requesting"
[Requesting program interpreter: /lib/ld-linux.so.2]
You need multilib to run this executable. But I wouldn't use anything Adobe if they don't like Linux. Personally I use zathura pdf viewer because you can use without a mouse.
Last edited by average_user; 07-08-2020 at 02:24 PM.
okular is indeed in Slackware-current. But as it's in the kde/ series you don't have it. Please don't try to install it, because you would miss its dependencies, leading to one more support request wasting the time of people trying to help you.
Instead, try xpdf or gv. You have both already installed.
In the 14.2 installer there is not a KDE series. There is a window where KDE and Xfce are options, and I always chose Xfce only and had no problems running okular. The morals is I would be better off with 14.2, I think. Is there a 32-bit slackware current?
IMO you shouldn't rely on 32-bit software these days. There many 64-bit pdf readers available and many of them are also open source in contrary to Adobe Acrobat Reader: evince, zathura, okular are the first that come to my mind.
In the 14.2 installer there is not a KDE series. There is a window where KDE and Xfce are options, and I always chose Xfce only and had no problems running okular. The morals is I would be better off with 14.2, I think. Is there a 32-bit slackware current?
There is definitely a kde/ series in 14.2 (which has existed in Slackware since 8.1, and before that, it was kde1/ series in 7.0 and was moved to its own folder all the way back in 1999).
The window you mention is where to select the default WM/DE and can be accessed again by running xwmconfig, but the area to select kde was at a previous point in the installer.
Either install the whole kde/ series (slackpkg install kde, if you have the space) or use one of the other pdf readers like xpdf as Didier mentioned.
IMO you shouldn't rely on 32-bit software these days. There many 64-bit pdf readers available and many of them are also open source in contrary to Adobe Acrobat Reader: evince, zathura, okular are the first that come to my mind.
But Acrobat Reader is the best of all. Example: there is in less the option --window=n, that changes the default scrolling window size to n lines. In Acrobat you can do the same. In Okular, one of the most praised readers, you can't. There are many files made with old PDF versions. And these files I could read them with Acrobat.
But Acrobat Reader is the best of all. Example: there is in less the option --window=n, that changes the default scrolling window size to n lines. In Acrobat you can do the same. In Okular, one of the most praised readers, you can't. There are many files made with old PDF versions. And these files I could read them with Acrobat.
It may be the best for you, but Adobe hasn't released a 64bit version. That means you'd need to either install the 32bit version of Slackware or add multilib to your system.
I actually hate Adobe Acrobat at work. We're forced to use it and it is a clunky and slow software. When I need to search through a several hundred page PDF, it locks up for 30 seconds or longer while it does its search. I use Sumatra PDF on my Windows computer at home and it is extremely fast and efficient.
Half the time at work, I'll load PDFs into Chrome since Adobe is so slow.
But Acrobat Reader is the best of all. Example: there is in less the option --window=n, that changes the default scrolling window size to n lines. In Acrobat you can do the same. In Okular, one of the most praised readers, you can't.
If you really need Acrobat Reader features you can install it from Slackbuilds but in order to run it on the 64-bit systems you have to install multilib https://docs.slackware.com/slackware:multilib first. I have it installed because I needed it to fill in some government interactive PDF form, see the attached screenshot.
Quote:
Originally Posted by stf92
There are many files made with old PDF versions. And these files I could read them with Acrobat.
Do you mean that you've come across regular PDF files (non-encrypted and without interactive forms and stuff) that could only be read by Acrobat Reader?
No. If a version of Acrobat Reader was released on, say March 2011, and the file PDF version is posterior, say June 2015, then the program won't be able to load it. It's merely a matter of compatibility.
OK, I see. Well, you have to check if the feature you need is available in some alternative maintained PDF viewer you can install on Slackware 64-bit system and if it's not you can either contribute the code that implements it or change your workflow (it can be hard, I know).
Can you explain how to use that --window-like feature you mentioned in Acrobat 9?
Last edited by average_user; 07-08-2020 at 06:29 PM.
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