Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 final released

ilja · #1 14th March 2005, 08:08 PM

Finally is the Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 final released. There is also a RPM : ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/

egr · #2 14th March 2005, 09:03 PM

Nice, really nica

Lenard · #3 14th March 2005, 09:09 PM

Thanks for the link, here's a quick snapshot;

jgionet · #4 14th March 2005, 11:56 PM

very nice and VERY big compared to previous windoze versions.. oh well.. I'm glad it's finally out.. time to install

kosmosik · #5 15th March 2005, 12:19 AM

I just played with it (apparently as it is not beta now I can finally speak).

so first of all RPM install is 96MB of bloat. so I decided to go with TGZ. I've installed it to /opt/acrobat7. first of all I've removed all those fancy plugins (I wan't to read and print PDFs, nothing more)... then I've removed some more files (but not big overall) and packed the binary with UPX... now my instalation is 36MB and runs blazingly fast. I am amazed. Reader 7 is so far the best PDF viewer for Linux. xpdf is ugly and slow (rendering) others (GGV, Ksomething) use ghostscript so they have problems with some documents and are slow (and their interface sucks)... Reader has everything I need:
* it is fast
* it is lean and usable
* it works
thank you Adobe

))

oh, some proof/hints:

Code:

e@notebook> find; du -hs
/opt/acrobat7
.
./bin
./bin/acroread
./Reader
./Reader/Cert
./Reader/Cert/curl-ca-bundle.crt
./Reader/JavaScripts
./Reader/JavaScripts/JSByteCodeLin.bin
./Reader/GlobalPrefs
./Reader/GlobalPrefs/URLPerms
./Reader/GlobalPrefs/AttachmentPerms
./Reader/AcroVersion
./Reader/intellinux
./Reader/intellinux/bin
./Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread
./Reader/intellinux/lib
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libCoolType.so.5.01
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libBIB.so.1.1
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libAXE8SharedExpat.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libagldata.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libagli18n.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libACE.so.2.07
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libssl.so.0.9.6
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libagldata.so.28
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libssl.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libaglcnv.so.28.0
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libcrypto.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libssl.so.0
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.6
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libaglcnv.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libaglcnv.so.28
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libagli18n.so.28.0
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libResAccess.so.0.1
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libACE.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libAGM.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libagli18n.so.28
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libBIB.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libResAccess.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libAXE16SharedExpat.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libadobelinguistic.so.2
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libJP2K.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libAGM.so.4.14
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libWRServices.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libagluc.so.28.0
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libagluc.so.28
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libagldata.so.28.0
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libcrypto.so.0
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libagluc.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libadobelinguistic.so.2.0.0
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libcurl.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/liblber.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libCoolType.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libldap.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libcurl.so.2
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libAXSLE.so
./Reader/intellinux/lib/libcurl.so.2.0.2
./Reader/intellinux/res
./Reader/intellinux/SPPlugins
./Reader/intellinux/plug_ins
./Resource
./Resource/CMap
./Resource/CMap/Identity-H
./Resource/CMap/Identity-V
./Resource/Font
./Resource/Font/PFM
./Resource/Font/PFM/zy______.pfm
./Resource/Font/PFM/zx______.pfm
./Resource/Font/PFM/SY______.PFM
./Resource/Font/MyriadPro-BoldIt.otf
./Resource/Font/MyriadPro-Bold.otf
./Resource/Font/ZY______.PFB
./Resource/Font/MinionPro-Regular.otf
./Resource/Font/CourierStd.otf
./Resource/Font/SY______.PFB
./Resource/Font/ZX______.PFB
./Resource/Font/MinionPro-It.otf
./Resource/Font/CourierStd-Bold.otf
./Resource/Font/MyriadPro-It.otf
./Resource/Font/MinionPro-Bold.otf
./Resource/Font/MinionPro-BoldIt.otf
./Resource/Font/CourierStd-Oblique.otf
./Resource/Font/MyriadPro-Regular.otf
./Resource/Font/CourierStd-BoldOblique.otf
./Resource/Font/AdobePiStd.otf
./Resource/Icons
./Resource/Icons/AdobeReader.png
./Resource/Linguistics
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/can32.clx
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/brt0401.lex
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/brt0402.lex
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/canphon.env
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/brtphon.env
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/usa86.lex
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/usa8601.lex
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/usa8602.lex
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/usa8603.lex
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/usa8604.lex
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/brt04.lex
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/brt32.clx
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/engphon.env
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/can112.lex
./Resource/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/eng32.clx
./Resource/Linguistics/LanguageNames
./Resource/Linguistics/LanguageNames/DisplayLanguageNames.en_US.txt
36M	.

chiku31 · #6 15th March 2005, 03:18 AM

Have been waiting for it quite a while. Finally got it and it is beautiful!

sailor · #7 15th March 2005, 04:13 AM

I just installed...very nice (must i say it,just like the the winders version)

sej7278 · #8 15th March 2005, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sailor

I just installed...very nice (must i say it,just like the the winders version)

That puts me off for a start - I hate v7 under Windows, 5 was much better.

ghenry · #9 15th March 2005, 11:38 PM

testing

Bob D. · #10 16th March 2005, 02:18 AM

Very nice, much faster than I thought it would be.

Does anyone know if the RPM is supposed to install the plugin for Firefox as well as installing the reader? I installed the reader from the RPM, but there are no plugin functions in Firefox on my system ATM. I've looked through the prefs and do not see what I'd seect to activate the plugin.

The help file talks about running the "install_browser_plugin" shell script from the Browser directory of the Adobe Reader installation directory. That implies the source files to me, not the RPM. I searched the forums for advice and didn't get any hits, but my search terms might be off.

Can someone straighten me out here?

Thanks!

Bob

dragoon · #11 16th March 2005, 03:00 AM

Bob: the RPM doesn't automatically install the plugin, but it is included. Look in /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/ for the mentioned install_browser_plugin script. Me, I just copied nppdf.so from /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/ to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins so all the gecko browsers can use it. It works okay on FC3. Still a bit laggy loading up, but much much better than before, and the Gtk2 interface is nice.

Bob D. · #12 16th March 2005, 03:02 AM

Removed, too long! See dragoon's post for the answer to my question.

Bob

Bob D. · #13 16th March 2005, 03:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragoon

Bob: the RPM doesn't automatically install the plugin, but it is included. Look in /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/ for the mentioned install_browser_plugin script. Me, I just copied nppdf.so from /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/ to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins so all the gecko browsers can use it. It works okay on FC3. Still a bit laggy loading up, but much much better than before, and the Gtk2 interface is nice.

Thanks for the reply dragoon! I just posted my novel above and then saw your reply. Your answer is shorter and makes the point so I just removed mine.

Thanks again!

Bob

ghenry · #14 16th March 2005, 07:16 AM

I tried the plugin, but firefox just crashed.
Moved back to 5.0.10

tchung · #15 16th March 2005, 10:59 AM

How to build a custom Adobe Reader 7.0 RPM for FC3

http://fedoranews.org/tchung/AdobeReader/

UPDATE
Yes, I can confirm it freezes both Mozilla and Firefox with plugin installed.
Hmm, It was working OK with a custom build Firefox RPM.
Thomas Chung