Hi Paul,
I think you misread adobe-release to be adobe-reader. I keep checking every
few weeks and still haven't seen their reader
# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/adobe-linux-i386.repo
[adobe-linux-i386]
name=Adobe Systems Incorporated
baseurl=http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
# yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=adobe-linux-i386 list available
Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Setting up repositories
adobe-linux-i386 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.3 kB 00:00
adobe-linu: ################################################## 2/2
Added 2 new packages, deleted 0 old in 0.02 seconds
Available Packages
adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch adobe-linux-i386
flash-plugin-9.0.115.0-release.i386 adobe-linux-i386
# yum --enablerepo=adobe-linux-i386 info adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch
Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Available Packages
Name : adobe-release-i386
Arch : noarch
Version: 1.0
Release: 1
Size : 4.3 k
Repo : adobe-linux-i386
Summary: linux.adobe.com Repository Configuration
Description:
linuxdownload.adobe.com repository contains RPM packages of Adobe Linux Software
But, just incase anyone wants to just download and install it
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/8.x/8.1.1/enu/AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i486.rpm
Troy
Paul Johnson wrote:
On Jan 8, 2008 6:44 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
evince is the prefered way to read pdf in SL5 but like xpdf it does
not have acroread form capabilities.
acroread is a closed source product and you should get it from Adobe
for best utility:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html
It doesn't look like they have yum repositories for this like they do for flash.
Their site is changed. In my system, I have a repo file for adobe:
$ cat /etc/yum.repos.d/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
The last time I checked, that offered both the flash player plugin as
well as the acrobat reader.
In their site now, you can search "yum repository" and it does point
to a repository option
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P2_Platform=Linux&P3_Browser_Version=Netscape4
But the fact that they have removed this from their main acrobat
download page make me suspect something fishy has gone on there.
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Paul E. Johnson
Professor, Political Science
1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504
University of Kansas
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