Probably because you weren't logged in as root. Btw, two tips:
1) AFAIK there is an rpm package of acrobat reader in power-pack
2) No need to be very formal on this mailing list
yours
Denis
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, D.E.Sofiane TEBBOUNE wrote:
:~>Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 12:21:29 GMT
:~>From: D.E.Sofiane TEBBOUNE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:~>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:~>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:~>Subject: [newbie]
:~>
:~>Dear Sir/Madam,
:~>I am writing to you to ask you if you could help me with a problem I am
:~>encountring with Mandrake Linux 7.1. I am, obviously, a profane in Linux,
:~>however I am becoming absolutely mad about it. I installed Mandrake Linux
:~>7.1, then I tried to install Adobe Acrobat Reader that I downloaded from
:~>Adobe's site. While installing Acrobat Reader, I had an error saying: cannot
:~>create /usr/local/acrobat4/bin ... I wonder why it is not possible to
:~>install it.
:~>I would be very grateful, Sir/Madam, if you could help me with this.
:~>Looking forward to hearing from you.
:~>Yours sincerely,
:~>
:~>D.E.Sofiane TEBBOUNE.
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:~>Bournemouth. Dorset. BH1 4DZ.
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