Adobe Acrobat Reader

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Usage

Instances

By default, only one Reader process can be running. If you type acroread <filename> when Reader is already running, the currently running version of Reader becomes active and displays the specified file.

If you prefer that a new version of Reader be launched each time you start Reader, type the following command:

% acroread +useFrontEndProgram

converting PDF files

To convert a PDF file by piping it into Reader and then sending the output to a file, type the following:

% cat sample.pdf | acroread -toPostScript > sample.ps

To convert one or more PDF files, such as sample1.pdf and sample2.pdf, into PostScript files and place these PostScript files into the directory <dir>, type the following:

% acroread -toPostScript sample1.pdf sample2.pdf <dir>

fillable forms

http://linuxappfinder.com/package/acroread

If you need to complete fillable forms, you will need to install the acroread-plugins package.

$ apt-cache show acroread-plugins
Package: acroread-plugins
Priority: optional
Section: text
Version: 7.0.9-0.2sarge1
Replaces: acroread (<= 7.0-0.0), acroread-plugin
Depends: acroread (= 7.0.9-0.2sarge1), acroread-escript
Description: Plugins for Adobe Acrobat(R) Reader

This package contains plugins who enable javascript in acroread and thus make acroread able to send to a remote host which pdf files you are reading. See http://lwn.net/Articles/129729/

Unix Installation

Source

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/unix/4.x/sunsparc-rs-405.tar.gz

Installation

Intro

The installation script prompts you to answer questions regarding the installation, such as where you want to place the Reader files. Reasonable default values are provided.

The default location for installation of the Acrobat Reader software is the following directory:

For Solaris : /opt/Acrobat4
For Linux : /usr/local/Acrobat4

Install

Start the installation script:

# ./INSTALL

Enter installation directory for Acrobat 4.0 [/opt/Acrobat4] /usr/shared/Acrobat4

Directory "/usr/shared/Acrobat4" does not exist. Do you want to create it now? [y]

Installing platform independent files … Done

Installing platform dependent files … Done

Linux Installation

Info

VERSION:  4.0
PLATFORM:  UNIX(R)
RELEASED ON:  06/08/99

Source

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/unix/4.x/linux-ar-40.tar.gz

(5708K)

ftp://ftp-pac.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/unix/4.x/linux-ar-40.tar.gz

(5708K)

Installation

Follow the detailed instructions in the Instguid.txt file:

installation

./INSTALL

[...]
Enter installation directory for Acrobat 4.0 [/usr/local/Acrobat4]
[...]

..
cd /usr/local/bin
lns /usr/local/Acrobat4/bin/acroread

Setting up Acrobat as an inline viewer for Netscape

Acrobat 4 contains an example script that starts Netscape and allows you to view PDF files inline instead of using an Acrobat viewer as a helper application. The example script is located in <installdir>/Browsers.

./netscape

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