Acrobat Reader plugin on FC3

fredex fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us
Sun Nov 28 16:42:20 UTC 2004


On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 01:08:51PM +0000, WipeOut wrote:
> WipeOut wrote:
> 
> >fredex wrote:
> >
> >>On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 10:52:20AM +0000, WipeOut wrote:
> >> 
> >>
> >>>How can I get Acrobat reader working in Firefox?
> >>>
> >>>I have installed Acroread 5.0.9-2.1 (which I think came from Dag's 
> >>>repo) but I can't find the plugin for Firefox..
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for any help..
> >>>  
> >>
> >>
> >>wherever the acrobat directory tree is installed (on my box it is in
> >>/usr/local/Acrobat5) there is a subdirectory "Browsers/intellinux"
> >>and inside that dir is nppdf.so. Copy that file to the plugins directory
> >>under your firefox installation, restart firefox, and voila!
> >>
> >>Fred
> >>
> >> 
> >>
> >My Acrobat Reader install doesn't seem to have the nppdf.so file.. :(
> >
> >Is there another repo or RPM of Acrobat Reader somewhere?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> Found it..
> 
> You have to install "mozilla-acroread" as well...
> 
> Later..

So, why would someone, when re-packaging for fedora, split up the 
package like that, when the original package isn't split?


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