evince is the prefered way to read pdf in SL5 but like xpdf it does not have acroread form capabilities. acroread is a closed source product and you should get it from Adobe for best utility: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html It doesn't look like they have yum repositories for this like they do for flash. On Jan 8, 2008 5:14 PM, Rachid Ayad <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello, I just installed SL5 but I did not find a way to install adobe > acrobat utilities: acroread or xpdf . > > 1) acroread: "yum" does not know about acroread and also "Install/remove > GNOME untility", so I did download some rpms from cern web site: > > http://glitesoft.cern.ch/cern/slc30X/i386/yum/updates/repodata/repoview/A.group.html > > but rpms work for SL3 and does work for SL5 because of dependencies: > XFree86-devel and XFree86-libs. So I tried to install with yum XFree86 but > no success (it seems does not exist). Also search in GNOME > "Install/Remove" of XFree86 does not give any substancial answer. > > 2) xpdf is not recognized GNOME "Install/remove" or yum. > > Regards, rachid . > > > ======================================= > Rachid Ayad > Barton Hall, Temple Univ. > 1900 N. 13-th ST. > Phila., PA 19122-6082 > Tel: +1 (215) 204 1503 > or 3180 > Fax: +1 (215) 204 5652 > ====================================== > -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"