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statmobile Apprentice
Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 286 Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject: acroread 7? |
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Does anyone know if this will be available in portage any time soon. I like to do my taxes using the pdf forms available on the irs.gov website. If you have a newer version of acrobat reader, you can save your information... It's about time that someone doesn't have to pay $200.00 just to save the information they put on a pdf form. _________________ Comp Specs:
Asus A7V(rev1.02)|AMDXP2100+@1.7GHz|Creative SB128PCI|32MB NVIDIA/TNT2AGP|512MBPC-133 |
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TheRAt Veteran
Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 1580
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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I do not think that there is an acrobat reader 7 for linux ...
Not according to the download section on the adobe website anyway... _________________ All reality is the construct of the observer.
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statmobile Apprentice
Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 286 Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:53 am Post subject: |
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Oh my gosh, you're right. 5.0.10 is the latest release, and this doesn't support the saving feature. I hate it when companines do stuff like this, now I have no choice but to do it on Windows. _________________ Comp Specs:
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georgebills n00b
Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 4
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Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 5:19 am Post subject: |
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There was a release of a public Linux beta of acrobat reader 7, but it's been taken down now. I think I remember them planning to make a proper (ie non beta / pre release) version 7 for Linux as well, but they must be bugfixing it right now.
http://www.adobe.co.uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Quote: | Linux Beta: Thank you for your interest in the pre-release program for Adobe Reader 7.0 for Linux. Due to the overwhelming response received from customers, we have closed the pre-release program. To download released versions of Adobe Reader for different platforms, please follow Step 1 below to select your platform, language and connection speed. |
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Earthwings Bodhisattva
Joined: 14 Apr 2003 Posts: 7753 Location: Germany
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kimchi_sg Advocate
Joined: 26 Nov 2004 Posts: 2971
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder when the ebuild will be in portage. Hope it is real soon.
Wait a minute... they got too modernised! They changed the package format to RPM! |
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Earthwings Bodhisattva
Joined: 14 Apr 2003 Posts: 7753 Location: Germany
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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rpm is not modern, is it?
I just installed it. It looks better then 5.x, but I'm not too impressed... It will however be a nice alternative for the few broken pdfs that make kpdf crash. Below is a first ebuild if anyone is interested. Save it as $PORTDIR/OVERLAY/app-text/AdobeReader/AdobeReader-7.0.0.1.ebuild
For details see http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds
Code: | # Copyright 1999-2005 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: $
inherit rpm versionator
MY_PV="$(replace_version_separator 3 '-')"
MAJOR_PV="$(get_version_component_range 1-2)"
DESCRIPTION="Adobe's PDF reader"
HOMEPAGE="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/"
SRC_URI="ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/${MAJOR_PV}/enu/${PN}_enu-${MY_PV}.i386.rpm"
LICENSE="Adobe"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~x86"
IUSE=""
RESTRICT="nostrip"
PROVIDE="virtual/pdfviewer"
src_install() {
dodir /opt
mv ${WORKDIR}/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0 ${D}/opt/
rm -r ${WORKDIR}/usr/local
rm -r ${WORKDIR}/usr/bin
mv ${WORKDIR}/usr ${D}
dosym /opt/Acrobat7.0/bin/acroread /usr/bin/acroread-7
}
pkg_postinst() {
echo
einfo "Execute acroread-7 to start AdobeReader"
echo
} |
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codergeek42 Bodhisattva
Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 5142 Location: Anaheim, CA (USA)
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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So how does it compare to xpdf/gpdf/kpdf? _________________ ~~ Peter: Programmer, Mathematician, STEM & Free Software Advocate, Enlightened Agent, Transhumanist, Fedora contributor
Who am I? :: EFF & FSF |
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statmobile Apprentice
Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 286 Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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I'm with codergeek, is it any better? I believe it is supposed to save your changes to documents (given the author gave you permission to do so). You can try this out on any of the US tax returns for 2004, that's what I'll need it for _________________ Comp Specs:
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zatalian Apprentice
Joined: 27 Aug 2002 Posts: 179 Location: Gent, Belgium
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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I don't get the browser plugin working. |
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Arainach l33t
Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 609
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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Same here. While the reader itself is cleaner than the 5.0 version, the plugin doesn't work for Firefox 1.0. I tried both the plugin install script and manually creating the link myself just in case. Neither approach worked. _________________ Gentoo: Stage3 w/ NPTL & udev, gcc 3.4.4 full rebuild
Kernel: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 w/ 1G-Lowmem Patch
System: Athlon XP 2.2Ghz/1GB Corsair Value/160GB, 250GB WD IDE/128MB GeForce 6800/Sony 17" Trinitron G200 @ 1280x1024x75Hz |
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Naib Watchman
Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 6053 Location: Removed by Neddy
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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is hte Adobe7 plugin in your path ? _________________
Quote: | Removed by Chiitoo |
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numerodix l33t
Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 743 Location: nl.eu
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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at first sight, looks really nice
plugin doesn't work, just shows a blank page but I'd rather fork acrobat off the browser and run in a separate window anyway. _________________ undvd - ripping dvds should be as simple as unzip
Last edited by numerodix on Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:57 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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zatalian Apprentice
Joined: 27 Aug 2002 Posts: 179 Location: Gent, Belgium
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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I tried with both /opt/Acrobat7.0/ and /opt/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux in my PATH. No luck so far.
Is it working for you? |
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numerodix l33t
Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 743 Location: nl.eu
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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zatalian wrote: | I tried with both /opt/Acrobat7.0/ and /opt/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux in my PATH. No luck so far.
Is it working for you? |
use /opt/Acrobat7.0/bin _________________ undvd - ripping dvds should be as simple as unzip |
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zatalian Apprentice
Joined: 27 Aug 2002 Posts: 179 Location: Gent, Belgium
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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I tried that one too, still no luck |
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radfoj Guru
Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 490 Location: Tísek, Czech Republic
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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I tried Acroread7-beta ... yes it looked nice, but was too slow comparing to Acroread5 and my mouse wheel still didnt work. What are your feelings? Mouse wheel now works? |
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numerodix l33t
Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 743 Location: nl.eu
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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zatalian wrote: | I tried that one too, still no luck |
did you run env-update && source /etc/profile
radfoj wrote: | I tried Acroread7-beta ... yes it looked nice, but was too slow comparing to Acroread5 and my mouse wheel still didnt work. What are your feelings? Mouse wheel now works? |
mouse wheel works.. very slow to start however _________________ undvd - ripping dvds should be as simple as unzip |
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PowerFactor Veteran
Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 1693 Location: out of it
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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For me it starts slightly slower than acroread5, much slower than xpdf, but not horibly slow. This is on an athlon XP 1700+. Mouse wheel works. It's a gtk2 app and obeys your theme. Double close behavior is gone. Haven't tried the plugin. I prefer it seperate from the browser anyway. But otherwise so far it looks like the first acroread for linux that's truely on par with the windows version. |
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numerodix l33t
Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Posts: 743 Location: nl.eu
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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PowerFactor wrote: | For me it starts slightly slower than acroread5, much slower than xpdf, but not horibly slow. This is on an athlon XP 1700+. Mouse wheel works. It's a gtk2 app and obeys your theme. Double close behavior is gone. Haven't tried the plugin. I prefer it seperate from the browser anyway. But otherwise so far it looks like the first acroread for linux that's truely on par with the windows version. |
Agreed, it's just as slow to start. _________________ undvd - ripping dvds should be as simple as unzip |
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radfoj Guru
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kimchi_sg Advocate
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Need4Speed Guru
Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 497
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:28 am Post subject: |
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numerodix wrote: | PowerFactor wrote: | For me it starts slightly slower than acroread5, much slower than xpdf, but not horibly slow. This is on an athlon XP 1700+. Mouse wheel works. It's a gtk2 app and obeys your theme. Double close behavior is gone. Haven't tried the plugin. I prefer it seperate from the browser anyway. But otherwise so far it looks like the first acroread for linux that's truely on par with the windows version. |
Agreed, it's just as slow to start. |
What do you mean by slow?? I takes me < 2 sec to load a 1400 ebook from the command line for the first time. (After the first load it takes <<1sec.) |
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gentoo_lan l33t
Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 891 Location: Charles Town, WV
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:51 am Post subject: |
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I think it loads much faster than Acroread 5. It is definitely an improvement. |
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allucid Veteran
Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 1314 Location: atlanta
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:00 am Post subject: |
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Anybody else getting this?
Code: | There was an error while loading the plug-in 'PPKLite.api'. The plug-in failed to initalize. |
That pops up in a message box every time I open acroread. :/
I used the ebuild but had to symlink /opt/Acroread7.0/bin/acroread to /usr/bin/ since there wasn't an executable put or linked in my path.
The file is located at /opt/Acrobat7.0/Reader/intellinux/plug_ins/PPKLite.api but acroread can't seem to find it.
[edit] Nevermind. I just renamed the PPKLite.api file so it wouldn't find it. Hope it isn't important. |
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