[LBo] Adobe Acrobat Reader on FC6 x86_64

[Bert Van Kets]

Goksin Akdeniz wrote:
>> Does anybody know if it's possible to run Acrobat Reader on a 64bit system?
>>     
> Hello Bert
>
> I installed Acrobat Reader 7.0.8 rpm package on a FC6 64bit system. I got the 
> RPM package from adobe website:
>
> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html 
>
> After the installation, I edited /usr/bin/acroread file with a text editor. 
> Find the line given below:
>
> echo $mfile| sed 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|
> \(.*\)/\1\2\3/g'
>
> Edit it and rewrite it as given below:
>
> echo $mfile| sed 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]*\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|
> \(.*\)/\1\2\3/g'
>
> And here is another editing. Grab the line given below:
>
> MIN_GTK_VERSION="240"
>
> Edit it and rewrite it as given below:
>
> MIN_GTK_VERSION="2040"
>
> Adobe Acrobat Reader is ready to run!
>
> Source: http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc14512
>
> For Acobat Plugin support for firefox here is the tip:
>
> #ln -s /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
>
> I hope it works for you...
>
>   
Sounds great.
I'll try that! thanks