Re: [newbie] Adobe tar.gz

2003-10-24 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 23 Oct 2003 4:07 pm, Russ wrote: Hi All, I have decided to install Adobe Acrobat to view and print pdf files. So I downloaded the newest version for Linux. It is a tar.gz. I figured no problem I've done a couple of those :-) (ya right). I extracted it but can't seem to get it to

Re: [newbie] Adobe tar.gz

2003-10-24 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 24 October 2003 07:52 am, Derek Jennings wrote: snip You do not need to compile acroread. It is a programme binary. Al you have to do is make the install script executable with chmod +x script_name and then execute it with ./script_name (Do that all as root) Or install

Re: [newbie] Adobe tar.gz

2003-10-24 Thread Russ
Hi Dennis, After I untared it, I read the README file and it said run the INSTALL script. End of help. It sort of left me hanging. Thanks Russ Dennis Myers wrote: Russ, more info, I assume you did a 'tar -xvzf adobe.tar.gz or whatever the file is. After the untaring is complete did you read

Re: [newbie] Adobe tar.gz

2003-10-24 Thread Russ
Hi Derek, This did the trick. Also, I could not find the rpm on Texstar's page. What did he call it? Well anyway, I got it working on mine. It will not print in landscape mode either (bummer dude). However, I did get a workaround with this one that the others choked on. I was able to rotate

[newbie] Adobe tar.gz

2003-10-23 Thread Russ
Hi All, I have decided to install Adobe Acrobat to view and print pdf files. So I downloaded the newest version for Linux. It is a tar.gz. I figured no problem I've done a couple of those :-) (ya right). I extracted it but can't seem to get it to install. make and make install don't seem to

Re: [newbie] Adobe tar.gz

2003-10-23 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 23 October 2003 10:07 am, Russ wrote: Hi All, I have decided to install Adobe Acrobat to view and print pdf files. So I downloaded the newest version for Linux. It is a tar.gz. I figured no problem I've done a couple of those :-) (ya right). I extracted it but can't seem to get