Hi Jan,
You actually brought up something that I was going to mention.
Adobe now has their Acrobat Reader in their yum repository. So now you can
install it the same way that you install their flash player.
yum --enablerepo=adobe list Adobe\*
Then just pick which language you want, so I would do
yum --enablerepo=adobe install AdobeReader_enu
Hmmm, actually, that is only for SL 5 ... I see that in SL4, up until SL46, I
have it as "macromedia" and it is also pointing at their old yum repository ...
that probrubly should be fixed at some point.
Troy
Jan Iven wrote:
> FYI, in case any of you deploy Adobe's Acrobat reader on SL4 from a
> private repository (due to the license that forbids any wider
> re-distribution):
>
> The "latest" version officially compatible with RHEL4 is acroread-7.0.9,
> but this currently has open security holes (CVE-2007-5663 et al).
> http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html still
> says (as of today, i.e. 2 weeks after the initial announcement):
>
>> Acrobat and Adobe Reader 7.0.9 and earlier versions are also affected
>> by these vulnerabilities. Adobe will provide further information as
>> to the nature of the vulnerabilities via the company's Security
>> Bulletins and Advisories page once updates are available for all
>> affected versions of Acrobat and Adobe Reader.
>
> acoread-8.1.2 (which is patched) requires RHEL5 as per Adobe (libgtk+2.6
> ?). It appears that despite this requirement, it happily runs under 4 as
> well.. at least for the limited use we foresee over here.
>
> .spec file attached, in case somebody is interested. Sorry for not being
> able to provide the real RPMs..
>
> Regards
> Jan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> # original for acroread-7 from rpmforge
>
> %define debug_package %{nil}
> %define __spec_install_post /usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-comment-note %{nil}
> %define desktop_vendor rpmforge
>
> Summary: Adobe Reader for viewing PDF files
> Name: acroread
> Version: 8.1.2
> Release: 1.slc4
> License: Commercial, Freely Distributable
> Group: Applications/Publishing
> URL: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html
>
> Source: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/8.x/8.1.2/enu/AdobeReader_enu-8.1.2-1.i486.tar.gz
> Source1: acroread.png
> #Source2: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/8.x/8.1.2/misc/FontPack81_xtd_i486-linux.tar.gz
> BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
>
> ExclusiveArch: i386
> BuildRequires: perl
> BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils
> Obsoletes: acrobat
> Requires: htmlview
> Requires: %{_libdir}/libldap.so.2
> Requires: %{_libdir}/liblber.so.2
> Provides: %{name}-plugin = %{version}-%{release}
> Obsoletes: %{name}-plugin < %{version}
> Provides: libACE.so
> Provides: libACE.so(VERSION)
> Provides: libAGM.so
> Provides: libAGM.so(VERSION)
> Provides: libAXE8SharedExpat.so
> Provides: libAXSLE.so
> Provides: libAXSLE.so(VERSION)
> Provides: libAdobeXMP.so
> Provides: libAdobeXMP.so(VERSION)
> Provides: libBIB.so
> Provides: libBIB.so(VERSION)
> Provides: libBIBUtils.so
> Provides: libBIBUtils.so(VERSION)
> Provides: libCoolType.so
> Provides: libCoolType.so(VERSION)
> Provides: libJP2K.so
> Provides: libJP2K.so(VERSION)
> Provides: libResAccess.so
> Provides: libResAccess.so(VERSION)
> Provides: libWRServices.so
> Provides: libWRServices.so(VERSION)
> Provides: libadobelinguistic.so
> Provides: libadobelinguistic.so(VERSION)
> Provides: libahclient.so
> Provides: libahclient.so(VERSION)
> Provides: libextendscript.so
> Provides: libicudata.so.34
> Provides: libicuuc.so.34
> Provides: libsccore.so
> # Wtf? an old copy of openssl?
> Provides: libssl.so.0.9.7
> Provides: libcrypto.so.0.9.7
>
> %description
> Adobe Reader is part of the Adobe Acrobat family of software,
> which lets you view, distribute, and print documents in Portable
> Document Format (PDF)--regardless of the computer, operating system,
> fonts, or application used to create the original file.
>
> PDF files retain all the formatting, fonts, and graphics of the
> original document, and virtually any PostScript(TM) document can
> be converted into a PDF file. Adobe Acrobat Reader has a plug-in
> for Mozilla/Firefox to view PDF files inline.
>
> %prep
> %setup -c
>
> %{__cat} <<EOF >WebLink
> *LinkDisplay: CTRL
> *OpenURL: NO
> *IsMapped: NO
> *Progress: NO
> *Toolbar: YES
> *SelectedBrowser: /usr/bin/htmlview
> *SelectedDriver: Netscape
> EOF
>
> %build
>
> %install
> %{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
>
> %{__install} -d -m0755 %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/acroread/
> %{__tar} -xvf AdobeReader/COMMON.TAR -C %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/acroread/
> %{__tar} -xvf AdobeReader/ILINXR.TAR -C %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/acroread/
>
> #%{__mv} -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/acroread/bin/acroread.sh %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/acroread/bin/acroread
>
> ### Fixup path and fixed LANG/LC_ALL settings until Adobe adds Unicode locale support
> %{__perl} -pi -e 's|^install_dir=.*$|install_dir=%{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/Reader|' %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/bin/acroread
>
> ### Shutup some rpm permission warnings
> %{__chmod} +x %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/Reader/*/lib/lib*.so* %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/Browser/*/*.so
>
> %{__install} -D -m0644 WebLink %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/Reader/intellinux/app-defaults/WebLink
>
> ### Make links
> %{__install} -d -m0755 %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
> %{__ln_s} -f %{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/bin/acroread %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/acroread
>
> %{__install} -d -m0755 %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/X11R6/%{_lib}/X11/app-defaults/
> %{__ln_s} -f %{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/Reader/intellinux/app-defaults/AcroRead %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/X11R6/%{_lib}/X11/app-defaults/AcroRead
> %{__ln_s} -f %{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/Reader/intellinux/app-defaults/WebLink %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/X11R6/%{_lib}/X11/app-defaults/WebLink
>
>
> ### workaround for PPKLite.api failing to load - this does a dlopen(libldap.so).
> ### would require the 32bit openldap-devel RPM to be installed everywhere otherwise.
> ### do not use libdir - we need the 32bit libraries.
> %{__ln_s} -f /usr/lib/libldap.so.2 %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/Reader/intellinux/lib/libldap.so
> %{__ln_s} -f /usr/lib/liblber.so.2 %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/Reader/intellinux/lib/liblber.so
>
> %{__install} -d -m0755 %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mozilla/plugins/
> cd %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mozilla/plugins/
> %{__ln_s} -f ../../acroread/Adobe/Reader8/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so nppdf.so
> cd -
>
> %{__install} -D -m0644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/pixmaps/acroread.png
>
>
> %{__install} -d -m0755 %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/
> desktop-file-install --vendor %{desktop_vendor} \
> --add-category X-Red-Hat-Base \
> --dir %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications \
> %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/Resource/Support/AdobeReader.desktop
>
> %clean
> %{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
>
> %files
> %defattr(-, root, root, 0755)
> %doc AdobeReader/ReadMe.htm
> %doc %{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Help/
> %{_bindir}/acroread
> %dir %{_libdir}/acroread/
> %{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/Reader/
> %{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/Resource/
> %{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/bin/
> %{_prefix}/X11R6/%{_lib}/X11/app-defaults/AcroRead
> %{_prefix}/X11R6/%{_lib}/X11/app-defaults/WebLink
> %{_datadir}/pixmaps/acroread.png
> %{_datadir}/applications/%{desktop_vendor}-AdobeReader.desktop
> %{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/Reader8/Browser/
> %{_libdir}/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
> %{_libdir}/acroread/Adobe/HelpViewer/
>
>
> #
> # Wishlist:
> # * disable JavaScript at install time
> # * disable advertising/"update" at install time
> # * get rid of embedded openssl?
> # * get rid of libldap symlink (still required in 8.1.2)
>
> %changelog
> * Fri Feb 15 2008 Jan Iven <[log in to unmask]> - 8.1.2-1.slc4
> - update to 8.1.2 (not formally suported under RHEL4?);
> Security fix for CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-0655
>
> * Thu Jun 28 2007 Jan Iven <[log in to unmask]> - 7.0.9-3.SLC4
> - symlink ldap libraries to fix PPKLite plugin (".. failed to initialize"-popup)
>
> * Wed Jan 10 2007 Jaroslaw Polok <[log in to unmask]>
> - update to 7.0.9
>
> * Wed Sep 27 2006 Jaroslaw Polok <[log in to unmask]>
> - update to 7.0.8
>
> * Wed Mar 16 2005 Jaroslaw Polok <[log in to unmask]>
> - initial 7.0 build
>
> * Thu Feb 17 2005 Jaroslaw Polok <[log in to unmask]>
> - DO NOT strip (NO debuginfo) ... or plugin will crash ..
> - put plugin back in main pkg for SLC3
>
> * Mon Dec 20 2004 Dag Wieers <[log in to unmask]> - 5.0.10-1
> - Feedback from Jason L Tibbitts.
> - Updated to release 5.0.10.
>
> * Thu Nov 18 2004 Dag Wieers <[log in to unmask]> - 5.0.9-2
> - Removed %%{_libdir}/mozilla/plugins/
>
> * Thu Jun 24 2004 Dag Wieers <[log in to unmask]> - 5.0.9-1
> - Updated to release 5.0.9.
> - Fixed the acroread icon. (Sahak Petrosyan)
> - Added fix for crash when doing 'Find' on non-existing strings. (Stefan Hoelldampf)
>
> * Tue Jan 27 2004 Dag Wieers <[log in to unmask]> - 5.0.8-1
> - Added fix to make locale settings still work. (Fernando Lozano)
>
> * Mon Jan 26 2004 Dag Wieers <[log in to unmask]> - 5.0.8-0
> - Added exports for LANG and LC_ALL, just in case. (Axel Thimm)
> - Updated to release 5.0.8.
>
> * Mon Aug 25 2003 Dag Wieers <[log in to unmask]> - 5.0.7-2
> - Fixed Unicode locale support, again. (Matthew Mastracci)
>
> * Fri Aug 01 2003 Dag Wieers <[log in to unmask]> - 5.0.7-1
> - Put mozilla plugins into a seperate package.
> - Improved the desktop file.
>
> * Sun Jul 13 2003 Dag Wieers <[log in to unmask]> - 5.0.7-0
> - Initial package. (using DAR)
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