Re: acroread porting problem
On 6/22/05, Rogue_Spider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13 Jun 2005 20:08:29 -0400, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rogue_Spider [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I installed a port acroread from my sysinsall from freebsd 5.0 iso on my system i than told kde to use acroread to open all pdf files ghostview would not work so i decided to use acroread when i than try to launch the program it says cant find acroread i found the exe and tried to launch it by itself again same message? i read that there was some problems with it being ported to the wrong directory, is that the problem? if so what directory should it be in? /usr/local/bin/acroread Either add /usr/local/bin to your path or call it with the entire path. pretend i am knew to freebsd / i am \ ok i tried moving shell script from /usr/local/acroread5/bin to /usr/local/bin/ -didna work- do i move the entire folder over?executable?or other? I was hoping to have this problem resolved by now but am still waiting for an answer - i have tried a few diffrent vereations on a resolution but to no avail can someone help ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: acroread porting problem
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Rogue_Spider wrote: On 6/22/05, Rogue_Spider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13 Jun 2005 20:08:29 -0400, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rogue_Spider [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I installed a port acroread from my sysinsall from freebsd 5.0 iso on my system i than told kde to use acroread to open all pdf files ghostview would not work so i decided to use acroread when i than try to launch the program it says cant find acroread i found the exe and tried to launch it by itself again same message? i read that there was some problems with it being ported to the wrong directory, is that the problem? if so what directory should it be in? /usr/local/bin/acroread Either add /usr/local/bin to your path or call it with the entire path. pretend i am knew to freebsd / i am \ ok i tried moving shell script from /usr/local/acroread5/bin to /usr/local/bin/ -didna work- do i move the entire folder over?executable?or other? I was hoping to have this problem resolved by now but am still waiting for an answer - i have tried a few diffrent vereations on a resolution but to no avail can someone help Instead of telling KDE to use just acroread, you should tell it the whole path to the file: /usr/local/bin/acroread. Don't move things. Put anything you've moved back where it was, or deinstall and reinstall the acroread port to fix those files. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: acroread porting problem
On 13 Jun 2005 20:08:29 -0400, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rogue_Spider [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I installed a port acroread from my sysinsall from freebsd 5.0 iso on my system i than told kde to use acroread to open all pdf files ghostview would not work so i decided to use acroread when i than try to launch the program it says cant find acroread i found the exe and tried to launch it by itself again same message? i read that there was some problems with it being ported to the wrong directory, is that the problem? if so what directory should it be in? /usr/local/bin/acroread Either add /usr/local/bin to your path or call it with the entire path. pretend i am knew to freebsd / i am \ ok i tried moving shell script from /usr/local/acroread5/bin to /usr/local/bin/ -didna work- do i move the entire folder over?executable?or other? -- Who knows the web better than anyone? Rogue_Spider and Google. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: acroread porting problem
Rogue_Spider [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I installed a port acroread from my sysinsall from freebsd 5.0 iso on my system i than told kde to use acroread to open all pdf files ghostview would not work so i decided to use acroread when i than try to launch the program it says cant find acroread i found the exe and tried to launch it by itself again same message? i read that there was some problems with it being ported to the wrong directory, is that the problem? if so what directory should it be in? /usr/local/bin/acroread Either add /usr/local/bin to your path or call it with the entire path. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
acroread porting problem
I installed a port acroread from my sysinsall from freebsd 5.0 iso on my system i than told kde to use acroread to open all pdf files ghostview would not work so i decided to use acroread when i than try to launch the program it says cant find acroread i found the exe and tried to launch it by itself again same message? i read that there was some problems with it being ported to the wrong directory, is that the problem? if so what directory should it be in? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]