That's why it's so important to read the install instructions, ESPECIALLY in
a tar.gz.
To run the installation script:
1. Change to the directory containing the installation script. If you are
installing Acrobat Reader from a CD-ROM, change to the appropriate
directory on the CD-ROM.
2. Start the installation script. The filename of the script may be
uppercase or lowercase depending on your system for example:
# ./INSTALL
3. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
This isn't one of those ./configure && make && make install sort of
installs. They have their own install script, that goes through and does
the install for you, you just have to execute it.
So as root, type:
./INSTALL
This would be in the ILINXR.install directory that the tar.gz creates. The
above is in the INSTGUID.TXT that's in the directory. It's near the bottom,
but it's in there.
Make sure you find something like that in a README or some sort of *.txt
file when you're installing software from source. There are often added
things you will have to do, to get the software to work.
So head to that directory now, and then use the directions above. From
there, I would create an alias, or a sym-link since it puts the app in a
weird folder. (/usr/local/Acrobat4/bin/acroread)
tdh
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| This has happened to me a number of times, but here is
| the current instance.
|
| I've downloaded a gz copy of the Acrobat reader and
| successfully decompressed it by using tar xzvf
| filename. Next, I am supposed to be able build either
| by typing "make," or, in this case, INSTALL.
|
| There is no make file but there is a file named
| INSTALL. But typing "make," as you would expect, says
| there is none; and, typing INSTALL returns "no such
| command." It doesn't recognize INSTALL as an
| executabe. (There is an asterisk after the name when
| it is listed.)
|
| Although I don't remember the specifics (and it has
| not always been an install that I've tried) there have
| been many occassions when simply entering a file name
| does nothing (nore does single or double clicking in
| KDE or Gnome.
|
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|achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."
|-- Dave Barry
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