Just opening this topic to help anyone who would like to install Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) on Mageia 7 64 bits.
I know there are plenty free PDF readers, however acroread is the one with best forms support, and for anyone reading datasheets, acroread has a powerful search tool (CTRL + SHIFT + F) that shows a list of all the results found in the document.
Step by step procedure to install Acrobat Reader on a fresh Mageia 7.1 install
- Enable 32bits packages sources
Acrobat Reader for Linux only exists in 32 bits version, so we need 32 bits libraries to get it working (I am on a 64 bits system).
Just launch drakconf and add "Core 32bit Release / Updates", "Nonfree 32bit Release / Updates", "Tainted 32bit Release / Updates" packages sources. - Download the latest acrobat reader available for Linux
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/un ... ux_enu.rpm - Install the following 32 bits packages by running this command (as root) in a terminal:
urpmi --ignorearch libidn12 libatk1.0 libfontconfig libgdk_pixbuf2.0 libglib2.0 libgtk+-x11-2.0 libpangox1.0_0 libpango1.0 libx11 libxext libxml2 libxt6 libmesaglu1
(note the --ignorearch parameters which allows urpmi to install 32 bits packages even if the system is running in 64 bits mode) - Try to install Acrobat Reader:
rpm -ivh AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm
erreur : Dépendances requises:
libidn.so.11 est nécessaire pour AdobeReader_enu-9.5.5-1.i486
There should be only one missing dependency: libidn.so.11 (Mageia 7.1 provides libidn.so.12). If more dependencies are missing, you have to install them manually (always in 32 bits / i586 version) using urpmi or rpmdrake.
As for libidn, it seems not really useful (acroread works fine without, and "ldd /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/* | grep -i idn" doesn't show anything, meaning it's most likely not even used) - So, let's install acroread for real:
rpm -ivh --nodeps AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm
Done, you can now launch Acrobat Reader, eg from command line: "acroread" command.
Note: if you want to uninstall, the package name is not the same as the installed one! Uninstall command: rpm -e AdobeReader_enu-9.5.5-1