Just wondering, since I'm new at this, I've just downloaded Adobe Reader 5.05 for Linux, gunziped it and now what ?? RPM doesn't seem to work. Is the gunziped file the executable ? Do I put this file into /usr/bin or what ? Sorry if its a silly question, Mike

What exactly is the name of the file? It depends on the name, you either have to compile (build) it or just execute it from a prompt tp install it. Until I know a little more about the name of your file after unzpping it, I can't tell you which is which... Lawrence

You can always use the "file" utility to find out what kind of file something is. If it's a gzipped file, gunzip it. If it's a tarred file, untar (tar xf) it. If it's tarred _and_ gzipped, file won't tell you, but you should be able to tell from the extension (.tar.gz or .tgz), then you can run "tar xzf" (note the z). If it's bzip2ed, use bunzip2 (or tar xjf for .tar.bz2). If it's an executable, well, execute it! (Commercial apps tend to use the .bin extension to signify a self-extracting file.) Same goes for a shell script (usually called .sh). Just be sure to set the file executable (chmod +x) before you try to run it.

I believe the file is called install and is a shell script. Try this, cd into the directory where you extracted the files. Once inside that directory, type this command at the prompt ./install.sh (remember, you have should be logged in as root or su as root). If this doesn't work take the .sh off the end. Also, make sure that you have the rights setup for execution...this was stated previously. Once that is done, normally the install will start and ask for you to accept there license. From there it should install. I believe to start the program; you will need to use the acroread? Sorry, this is from memory. Also, I don’t think it creates the symlink in your usr/bin folder you will have to do this. The command below will do this for you. Substitute the ** for your path. ln –s /usr/**/***/***/acroread /usr/bin After that, you can just type in acroread at a command prompt and you’re gold! Good luck!