Adobe Reader 8.1.1 manual installation

[Dottor Pike]

Hi guys,

here an easy step-by-step guide for Adobe Reader 8.1.1 manual installation (with a minor bug fixing).

(1) Download the last tarball from Adobe, i.e. click on the following url:

http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/r ... 86.tar.bz2

If something doesn't work (link broken, expired o a new version is available) check the official way:

http://www.adobe.com/it/products/acroba ... sions.html

(2) choose the platform (Linux), the format you like (Linux.x86.tar.bz2), the language (english) and press the [CONTINUE] button

(3) press [Download Adobe Reader] button and download the file (size about 45.2 MB)

(4) Open the tar file with the command tar jxvf AdobeReader*tar.bz2 - it will create a temporary installation directory as "AdobeReader"

(5) Within this directory execute the INSTALL script as root:
cd AdobeReader
sudo ./INSTALL
You can read out the "ReadMe.htm" document with any browser for further informations; by default the Reader will be installed in /opt/Adobe.

(6) Remove the temporary directory using rm -rf AdobeReader

It happened that on starting Adobe Reader a dialog box pops up "Unable to find the HTML rendering library (libgtkembedmoz)"
as reported -> http://blogs.adobe.com/acroread/2007/09 ... _faqs.html .
Don't panic! Most of the time you don't need to install any extra software, since the library is already in your system.

Try to locate the library with find / -name libgtkembedmoz.so -print. Anyway if you've mozilla-firefox installed in your system you can use its one: /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/libgtkembedmoz.so. After that you have to specify the proper directory in Edit -> Preferences -> Internet -> libgtkembedmoz Folder, as in the picture.

That's all.
Dr. Pike

[wolfden]

this is also in portage

* app-text/acroread
Available versions: 7.0.9-r1!m [M](~)8.1.1!m {cups ldap linguas_da linguas_de linguas_en linguas_es linguas_fi linguas_fr linguas_it linguas_ja linguas_ko linguas_nb linguas_nl linguas_pt linguas_sv linguas_zh_CN linguas_zh_TW nsplugin}
Homepage: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
Description: Adobe's PDF reader


should always use the package manager

[Dottor Pike]

It is not in my portage... anyway I've revised the title as "manual" installation

[wolfden]

lol

well it should be, my portage is same as your portage -- http://gentoo-portage.com/app-text/acroread

Package Manger is important, should always try to use it and do manual installs unless it can't be found in portage. You can always make an ebuild for a file not in portage if ya know how.
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/ha ... t=2&chap=1

[Dottor Pike]

I agree with you, when the portage is the same

As we got in touch in this 3d [ viewtopic.php?f=54&t=11980 ] I had
some problem at the very beginning to update and synchronize my system following your "Unofficial guide..."

Maybe the problem is a not-well updated system, but unfortunately I don't know how to fix it 'cause all the
time the procedure takes a long time (compilation few hundreds of packages) and I'm working without
a good cooling fan system.

BTW can I contact you by PM on the portage handling? This would be really great for me
Thnx
Dr. Pike

[wolfden]

For portage and updating I highly suggest looking at this script viewtopic.php?f=54&t=11870 It will help you get thru blocks. It's easy to use and it talks to you, well not literally, but it tells you what is going on, and it doesn't do stuff till you confirm it.

I took a 3.5 beta and used that script to world update it the other day. No problems at all, it dealt with any blocks and when it is done it went and fixed all the libraries that were broken. Compiling is long and heats the cpu up. Laptop owners are gonna want to look at equo and go the binary route viewtopic.php?f=75&t=11871 I equo --world in about 5 hours, now if you go this route, keep in mind that the repo is not as current as portage is.

Regardless which way, you have to get an understanding of it. Equo documentation isn't really round yet as it is still developing. Just yesterday the python-updater was added to it. So each day it is changing and a GUI is coming. The wonderful thing is if you have a problem, more than likely someone else has had it too and a fix is found with a little bit of searching, check out the gentoo forums, lots of great knowledge there. Also search their bugzilla as you can find solutions there also.

[Dottor Pike]

I'm a bit confused, as well as (maybe) OT...

You said:

For portage and updating I highly suggest looking at this script viewtopic.php?f=54&t=11870 It will help you get thru blocks. It's easy to use and it talks to you, well not literally, but it tells you what is going on, and it doesn't do stuff till you confirm it.

So I followed the indications and now I have the update script available on my system.

After that you also said:

Laptop owners are gonna want to look at equo and go the binary route viewtopic.php?f=75&t=11871 (...) Equo documentation isn't really round yet as it is still developing

Any lack in documentation doesn't help at all. I am just trying also to install equo on my system.

So: what do you suggest to use: update or equo for my laptop??

[wolfden]

well, that is up to you.

Experiment and see what fits you

I'm not a binary type of guy so I will use portage. Others want binary so they will use equo.

[Dottor Pike]

Thnx wolfden,

since it seems I have some problems to start-up with the update script, I will continue my experience on other topics (maybe yours viewtopic.php?f=54&t=11870#p68110)

I also agree working with sources whenever is possible.
DP