Hi Paul, I think you misread adobe-release to be adobe-reader. I keep checking every few weeks and still haven't seen their reader # cat /etc/yum.repos.d/adobe-linux-i386.repo [adobe-linux-i386] name=Adobe Systems Incorporated baseurl=http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 # yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=adobe-linux-i386 list available Loading "kernel-module" plugin Setting up repositories adobe-linux-i386 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.3 kB 00:00 adobe-linu: ################################################## 2/2 Added 2 new packages, deleted 0 old in 0.02 seconds Available Packages adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch adobe-linux-i386 flash-plugin-9.0.115.0-release.i386 adobe-linux-i386 # yum --enablerepo=adobe-linux-i386 info adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch Loading "kernel-module" plugin Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Available Packages Name : adobe-release-i386 Arch : noarch Version: 1.0 Release: 1 Size : 4.3 k Repo : adobe-linux-i386 Summary: linux.adobe.com Repository Configuration Description: linuxdownload.adobe.com repository contains RPM packages of Adobe Linux Software But, just incase anyone wants to just download and install it ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/8.x/8.1.1/enu/AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i486.rpm Troy Paul Johnson wrote: > On Jan 8, 2008 6:44 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> 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. >> > > Their site is changed. In my system, I have a repo file for adobe: > > $ cat /etc/yum.repos.d/adobe-linux-i386.repo > [adobe-linux-i386] > name=Adobe Systems Incorporated > baseurl=http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/ > enabled=1 > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux > > > The last time I checked, that offered both the flash player plugin as > well as the acrobat reader. > > In their site now, you can search "yum repository" and it does point > to a repository option > > http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P2_Platform=Linux&P3_Browser_Version=Netscape4 > > But the fact that they have removed this from their main acrobat > download page make me suspect something fishy has gone on there. > > -- > Paul E. Johnson > Professor, Political Science > 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 > University of Kansas -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI DSS Group __________________________________________________