Hi (again), hmm, in the mean time I found where the start-up script was and put a link to it from /usr/local/bin (found this on http://linuxheadquarters.com/howto/apps/acrobat.shtml). However it still does not work : $ acroread Warning: charset "UTF-8" not supported, using "ISO8859-1". Aborted $ All help is welcome. Thanks. Frederic On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 16:29, Frederic on ImediatiX wrote: > Hi; > > I'm trying to learn about linux and how to use it. Please direct me to a > better suited list for beginners if you think I ask too basic questions. > Thanks. > > I downloaded Acrobat Reader 5 for Linux and installed it : i.e. I ran > the INSTALL script (under root). I did this because I couldn't open > VMware PDFs with the default RH9 application 'ggv'. Now how do I > > - launch acrobat > > - tell my system to use Acrobat reader as default application for PDFs ? > > Thanks. > Kind regards, > Frederic > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list