Adobe Reader

[dougmack]

Got XP version of Adobe Reader and it said it installed OK, but trying to run it brings up message: "Acrobat failed to load its core DLL."
Yesterday tried Win 7 version of Wine, and it wouldn't even install. So backed off to older MS distro version.
Now what?

(I'm pretty naive about Wine, so please be gentle with me!

--doug

[dimesio]

Are you aware that there is a native Linux version of Adobe Reader, plus there are other native PDF viewers?

What version of Wine are you using? If it's not the latest development release, upgrade.

You didn't mention what version of Adobe Reader (XP is not a version number), but the AppDB suggests that 11.x won't install at all (though the test results are old). 10.x is reported to install and mostly work with some tweaks, but there are multiple bugs filed for it.

[dougmack]

I am aware that there is a native app, but my Linux distro (PCLOS-64) does not have the dependencies. I tried that first. The version I have is
called Adobe Reader 9, and the exe file is 33560984 size, if that's any help to anybody. The PCLOS forum folks suggested Foxit from Wine, but I tried Foxit, and
it has a major problem--it prints the same size as whatever zoom level you have on screen, instead of an actual page, like Adobe. Quite honestly, I will have to forego
the use of any os on which I can't have the same capabilities as Adobe Reader. I use it especially to print user manuals and spec sheets, which must come out full
page on 8½ x 11. I'll take another look and see if there's a devel version I can try.

[dimesio]

Post terminal output. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log

[dougmack]

I don't know what use this can be, but here's the terminal output:

[doug@localhost ~]$ http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log
bash: http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log: No such file or directory

OT: It seems that I did not have to input a password on this computer, but on my other computer it asked for one. I don't know how that works, but
I'd like to change my password to something I can remember, not the goulash that the forum assigns. I am apparently too stupid to figure out how.
Please advise in simple terms I might understand. Thanx!

--doug

[dimesio]

I don't know what use this can be, but here's the terminal output:

[doug@localhost ~]$ http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log
bash: http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log: No such file or directory

What I post was not a command to be entered in the terminal. It was a link to the section of the FAQ that has instructions on how to get terminal output.

1. Click on the link.
2. Read the instructions.
3. Follow the instructions.

[dougmack]

Here's the result.

[doug@localhost Reader]$ wine AcroRd32
Wine cannot find the ncurses library (libncurses.so.5).
fixme:process:SetProcessDEPPolicy (1): stub
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0
wine: Call from 0x7ede7ae2 to unimplemented function msvcp80.dll.??0?$basic_ostringstream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QAE@H@Z, aborting
fixme:ntdll:RtlNtStatusToDosErrorNoTeb no mapping for 80000100

After that, system did not return so hit ctrl-C and got this:
fixme:console:CONSOLE_DefaultHandler Terminating process 8 on event 0

Asked Synaptic to look for libncurses.so.5 with no result. This is pclos 64, so don't know what 64-bit library might work--the program seems to be 32 bit.

Thanx for your patience and assistance--doug

[dimesio]

wine: Call from 0x7ede7ae2 to unimplemented function msvcp80.dll.??0?$basic_ostringstream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QAE@H@Z, aborting

Upgrade Wine; that function was implemented in 1.5.8.

Ask you distro what package provides ncurses. You will need 32 bit libraries to run 32 bit apps in Wine.