What you have to do now is
> "cp /usr/local/Acrobat4/bin/acroread /usr/local/bin/acroread"
> (all without the quote marks) and then your user command
> "acroread blahblah.pdf" should work.
This is another newbie so excuse the stupid question. Should it be copied
or "moved"? That is, is it important not to delete the original location?
Better still, is there a way to tell Linux where to install the application?
Thank you.
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Acrobat Reader
>
> Ok. Then diagnose. If you installed it, then you can do a
> couple of things. First, do you normally type commands as
> root or as user? Root and user have different search paths
> for commands. For instance, if the acroread was installed
> in /usr/local/bin root cannot run it (and shouldn't).
>
> You need to find out where acroread is, so be root and type
> "updatedb" which updates your "locate" database (good thing
> to do after installing new software). When that is done
> then (again as root) "locate acroread". You will probably
> get the location "/usr/local/Acrobat4/bin/acroread" which is
> not in anyone's search path. What you have to do now is
> "cp /usr/local/Acrobat4/bin/acroread /usr/local/bin/acroread"
> (all without the quote marks) and then your user command
> "acroread blahblah.pdf" should work.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Phil
>
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Dennis Myers wrote:
>
> » Oh, the reply on the acroread is also " command not found " or something
like
> » that.
> »
> » --
> » Dennis-Registered Linux User #180842
>
>
