Hello, I did it in my SL5:
yum --enablerepo=adobe list Adobe\*
but it says:
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Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Error getting repository data for adobe, repository not found
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Rachid .
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, Troy Dawson wrote:
> 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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