15/04/2005
Gentoo and Acrobat Reader Firefox plugin fix
If you use gtk+ with version higher than 2.4.9 you might have noticed that the acrobat reader plugin does not work with firefox. To solve this you have to take certain steps.
mkdir /opt/Acrobat7/Reader/intellinux/lib/gui
ebuild /usr/portage/x11-libs/gtk+/gtk+-2.4.9-r1.ebuild install
cp -ax /var/tmp/portage/gtk+-2.4.9-r1/image/usr/lib/* /opt/Acrobat7/Reader/intellinux/lib/gui/
Now edit ‘acoread’ (/usr/bin/acroread)
find this section in the acroread script:
intellinux)
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="`prepend "$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/lib:$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/sidecars" "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"`"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
;;
now modify the LD_LIBRARY_PATH line, ie. the ‘intellinux)’ one to look as follows:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="`prepend "$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/lib/gui:$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/lib:$ACRO_INSTALL_DIR/$ACRO_CONFIG/sidecars" "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"`"
and you are set 🙂
try the acrobat reader plugin now 🙂
It works for me!
Filed by kargig at 01:18 under General,Linux
6 Comments | 10,928 views
Thanks so very much. If I had not randomly run across this after googling in desparatoin I might never have gotten my acroreader/firefox going on my new gentoo installation.
If you know of a place to put this so it would be easier for others please let me know and I will write it up.
As far as I know…if you google for “gentoo acrobat firefox”, my solution appears as a number one result. I think that’s more than enough…if you want to link my blog to other places, feel free to do so.
cheers
Your tip has helped me out a lot. Thanks so much. I couldn’t find the 2.4.9 gtk+ ebuild quickly, so I turned to http://ftp.gimp.org for the 2.4.9 source, compiled it quickly, followed your instructions, and it worked just the same. Thanks a lot.
I am really glad I helped you on this…It’s great to be able to help someone from just a blog post…
Does anyone know the name of the wordpress plugin that creates a list of your posts in a category instead of just displaying them one after the other? I want it so that when someone clicks on a category they just get a list of posts from that category.
I'm sure Ive seen one…and sifting through the WP site is a nightmare
What I want to do on my blog, is every few hours take the oldest post and move it to the
front of the queue, all automatically. Anyone know if there is a plugin that can do this or
a simple way to set up another plugin to do this (use my own feed perhaps)?
Thanks.