On 05/23/2015 12:24 PM, Denice wrote:
> On Fri, 22 May 2015, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Found a nice reference on how to install the 32 bit Acrobat Reader in 64
>> bit SL7. (Haven't found anything else that supports Dynamic XFA forms.)
>
> I piddled around last month to get it working in SL7 - it just needs the
> 32-bit version of the pangox-compat EPEL rpm to install successfully; so a
> quick rpm build would be:
>
> $ rpm -i /path/to/epel/pangox-compat-0.0.2-2.el7.src.rpm
> $ cd /path/to/your/rpm/working/env
> $ setarch i686 rpmbuild -ba pangox-compat.spec
>
> ... if you want to avoid enabling a remote repository like the site you
> mention below, in Romania.
>
> I still need acroread for some forms-based work, and for digital document
> signing at work. However Acrobat Reader is extremely fragile on SL7 - who
> knows what the real compatibility libraries would be for it, since a lot
> of commerical RPMs from non-linux companies are very poorly contructed.
>
> It is also of course unpatched since 2013, and should not be used on
> untrusted pdf files.
>
> It is important to yum-erase oxygen-gtk and oxygen-gtk2.[i686,x86_64]
> since acroread will crash and burn with many dialogs, like printing ..
>
> Also, for digital signing, I was okay provided I did not regenerate
> my preferences. If I nuke them and try to set up again digital signing,
> it crashes when verifying the passphrase.
>
> The best option, if you seriously still need it and want to use it
> while you still can from a Linux platform, is the keep an SL6 virtual
> machine around for that purpose.
>
> I have everything working in it that meets my needs, but your mileage
> may vary. acroread on Linux really is on its last legs.
>
> cheers, etc
> denice
>
>> Installing Acrobat Reader:
>>
>> reference:
>> http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-adobe-acrobat-pdf-reader-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/
>>
>>
>> 3b. Install Adobe Reader (acroread) on CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 7
>>
>> Note: On x86_64 bit system, 32-bit dependencies is also installed.
>> Shell
>>
>> ## Install nux-dextop repo ##
>> yum localinstall
>> http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm
>>
>>
>> ## English version ##
>> yum localinstall AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm
>>
>
Hi Denice,
If I could find ANYTHING else that would read a Dynamic XFA file!
When I am done with all this, I will probably erase my SL7.1
Virtual Mahicne and go back to just boot the SL7 live DVD in my VM.
Thank you for the tip!
-T
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