Subject: Re: acrobat reader and linux emulation
To: Dante Profeta <dante@mclink.it>
From: Zdenek Salvet <salvet@horn.ics.muni.cz>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/08/1998 16:14:28
> I'm not able to run linux version of acrobar reader 3.01.
> 
> This is my first attempt to setting up an amulation.
> The kernel is compiled with all COMPAT_* turned on.
> 
> I did install the linux library package in the /usr/local/emul/linux
> directory and created a soft link /emul@ -> /usr/local/emul
> 
> I did install acrobar reader in /emul/linux/usr/Acrobat3 direcotry and
> from /emul/linux/bin I did create a soft link acroread@ ->
> ../usr/Acrobat3/bin/acroread
> 
> When I try to run acroread I get the following message:
> 
> The OS named NetBSD version 1.3.2 is currently not installed.
> Try running on a installed platform and connecting to your display.
> Installed platform(s) include the following:
>   Intel/Linux

acroread is shell script, just edit it so that ACRO_CONFIG variable is set
(around line 210

  Linux|NetBSD)
    ACRO_CONFIG=intellinux
    export ACRO_CONFIG
    ;;
)

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Zdenek Salvet                                              salvet@ics.muni.cz 
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