adobe reader sfs not working-(solved)

[rburkartjo]

did something and no idea how to fix i installed this file(see link) .it worked a few days ago but not now. tried to delete and reinstall but still no luck

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/mkxh1y ... t_Reader_9

/tks

[Grey]

Is this sfs for Fossapup64? The file name says i386... Maybe in a couple of days you accidentally overwritten some 32-bit libraries.

[rburkartjo]

so grey how would i fix. i have the 32bit compatibilty-fossa64-sfs already installed. /tks

[Grey]

I ran it in a virtual machine using QEMU - it works. Go to the /opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin/ folder, right-click on acroread file and select Run in Terminal.
There will be a bunch of small jambs like Gtk-WARNING, but they are harmless. You must have some other suspicious notice there.

[bigpup]

Try unloading the 32bit compatibility SFS and reload it.

[rburkartjo]

that worked but however cant run when click on icon..

[rburkartjo]

big already tried that

[Grey]

that worked but however cant run when click on icon..should i just make script and run from terminal. i would just add &exit to what you posted

So running script directly from folder works? Then just right-click on it, select 'Set Icon ...' and drag the icon, it was somewhere in the neighboring folders. And drag the script to your desktop.

[rburkartjo]

grey did not work however if i drag the acroread file only to desktop all i have to do is open it but still have to select run in terminal

[Grey]

grey did not work however if i drag the acroread file only to desktop all i have to do is open it but still have to select run in terminal

Yeah. Then in the folder with the script, create a new script (right-click on an empty space, then New>>Script). And write in a new script:

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#!/bin/sh
cd path to acroread
./acroread

And attach an icon to this new script and drag it to the desktop.

[rburkartjo]

grey tks but could not get any script to work/tks

[rburkartjo]

all i have to figure out is to have app run when u click icons and not by running in terminal. any ideas? /tks

[bigpup]

Unload and delete the Adobe SFS
Do a reboot just for extra assurance something is not messed up in memory.
Try a fresh new download of the Adobe_Reader-9.5.5-i386.sfs
Place it in /mnt/home
Now use sfs-load-on-the-fly to load it.

Everything about it is working in my Fossapup64 9.5 install.

the menu entry is from the AdobeReader.desktop file in /usr/share/applications
Is that there when the sfs is loaded?

Is the Adobe_Reader-9.5.5-i386.sfs stored on a partition that is formatted fat32 or ntfs and is used by Windows?

[rburkartjo]

big did as you instructed .same results.however this might help tried running directly in terminal and got this and stored in ext

root# /opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin/acroread
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk3-nocsd.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.
/opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2: undefined symbol: xcb_discard_reply
root#

[rburkartjo]

kind of weird that if i drag acroread out of the folder to the desktop and click open in terminal it opens. puppy is a little different from ubuntu' if i can get a command to directly open in terminal(open terminal then enter command}and then add & exit the terminal will close and the app will stay running, then i could write a script

[rburkartjo]

okay tried this. i unloaded all my sfs files then loaded my 32 bit and adobe sfs only. didnt fix problem. this is linux there is always a solution. it is just evasive now.

[mikeslr]

Hi rburkartjo,

Is there any reason you are trying to use adobe reader rather than masterpdfeditor? As far as I know it can do everything and more than adobe can.

The free version of masterpdfeditor can still be obtained here, https://www.linuxuprising.com/2019/04/d ... linux.html. I have both the 64 and 32 bit versions for Puppys of those respective architectures. I downloaded the tar.gz, unpacked it and placed it with my other portables. So located I can file-browse to and left-click the binary named masterpdfeditor4 to start it.

As that's not always convenient, I created a pet which, among other things, placed a bash script 'on the path' to call the mastepdfeditor4 binary. The bash script can be named in the Setup>Default Applications Chooser > PDF view, or it or the desktop file using it to create a menu listing can be added to the Right-Click menu.
You would have to obtain Qt series 4 libraries. The ones build for xenial are available from here, https://pkgs.org/search/?q=libqt.
If you are interested I can upload a copy of the pet mentioned above. But you'll have to modify the path to correspond to your system; or you can use it as a template to see where all the pieces could go.

[rburkartjo]

mike tks installed master and works great! ref adobe just trying to fix. always appreciate all your help

and installed from first link and the install added working icon to my menu

[rburkartjo]

part of the problem might be this when i navigate to acroread and click on it this opens

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[ThruHammer]

Think "Default Apps Chooser."

Aboard Fossa though, you have to first symlink the acroread binary in /opt to /usr/bin, then spec the same line in the apps chooser -- "Apply!"

[ThruHammer]

The package Mike posted may not sail without those libs. This one here does so long as your devx is loaded.

[rburkartjo]

thru followed your instructions sym link in usr/bin default set and still have to select open in terminal to run

[ThruHammer]

Then you're doing something wrong. Gimme a sec...

Open a terminal and ask: which acroread

Should list /usr/bin/acroread. If it doesn't, you didn't symlink properly.

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ln -s /opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin/acroread /usr/bin/acroread

Open your app chooser / Documents / and load: /usr/bin/acroread

Hit "Apply."

Now go click any pdf and tell us Acrobat opens.

[rburkartjo]

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thru long reply
first look at all attactments
lastly when i try to open up a pdf file by clicking doesnt open but get the option to open . if i choose adobe cant open nut can with master

[ThruHammer]

Adobe should work. Fossa's app chooser appears incapable of adding Master PDF as a default option.

Instead, right-clk one of your pdfs and set the run action for either acroread or masterpdfeditor5.

[rburkartjo]

if i right click will open pdf but not in adobe,
answer is probably a file association error. trying to fix so if similar problem comes up will know how to fix.tks for all your advise today. nice day in howard wi so going to get offline and go outside with my service dog

[ThruHammer]

Right-clk is for adjustments. After the work's been done it's "left-clk" to open.

[rburkartjo]

tks thru but still no luck

[ThruHammer]

Open /usr/local/bin/defaultpdfviewer in a text editor. What's it say -- exec qpdfview "$@"?

If it does, replace "qpdfview" with one of the others we've been speaking of then save the file.

Restart X then go and left-clk one of your PDFs.

[rburkartjo]

thru did what you requested on first line but got this

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