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\newcommand*{\labTitle}{Installing the Acrobat Reader and Browser Plugin}
\renewcommand*{\subject}{Operating Systems and Systems Integration}

\begin{document}

\section{Aim}
\label{sec:aim}

This is a quick guide to installing the Adobe$^\copyright$ Acrobat
reader and plugin that is on the powertools \CDROM for Red Hat Linux.

\section{Procedure}
\label{sec:procedure}

There are two steps here:
\begin{itemize}
\item Mount the network drive
\item Install the Acrobat \acro{RPM}s
\end{itemize}

Here is how we do it.  The procedure is very similar to installing
updates, so refer to the document \emph{Applying OS Updates} for more
information.  Note that here we are using \texttt{sudo}.  Please read
the work sheet about \texttt{sudo} first.

\begin{enumerate}
\item Type:
  \begin{alltt}
$ sudo mkdir /mnt/ftp
$ sudo mount nicku.org:/var/ftp/pub /mnt/ftp
  \end{alltt}%$
  \begin{explanation}
    Now you have mounted the directory \texttt{/var/ftp/pub} from the machine
    \texttt{ictlab} over the network to the local directory
    \texttt{/mnt/ftp}, using the \acro{NFS} protocol.  If you change to
    your local directory \texttt{/mnt/ftp}, you will be accessing the
    directory \texttt{var/ftp/pub} on \texttt{ictlab} over the
    network.

    You can see all the directories exported from \texttt{Ictlab} by
    typing
    \begin{alltt}
$ showmount -e ictlab      
    \end{alltt}%$
  \end{explanation}

\item Now change to a directory on that network drive:
  \begin{alltt}
$ cd /mnt/ftp/redhat-7.0/powertools
  \end{alltt}%$

\item Close Netscape if it is running so that the plugin is installed
  correctly.
  
\item Install the two RPM packages, \texttt{acroread-4.05-6.i386.rpm}
  and
  \texttt{acroread-plugin-\allowbreak4.05-6\allowbreak.i386\allowbreak.rpm}:
  \begin{alltt}
$ sudo rpm -Uhv acroread*.rpm 
  \end{alltt}%$
  \begin{explanation}
    The command \texttt{rpm} is important to you.  There is a whole
    book about this command, called \emph{Maximum RPM}, freely
    available on the documentation \CDROM as the package
    \texttt{max-rpm-en-1.0.noarch.rpm}.  You can get a copy here at
    \url{http://nicku.org/ftp/roswell-beta-2/docs/RedHat/RPMS/maximum-rpm-1.0-0.20010810.noarch.rpm}.

    The three options that we used here with the \texttt{rpm} program:
    \begin{itemize}
%     \item [\texttt{-F}] \textbf{F}reshen the package.  Install the
%       package \emph{only} if an older version of the same package is
%       already installed.
      
      
    \item [\texttt{-U}] \textbf{U}pdate the package.  If an older
      version ofthe package is already installed, uninstall the older
      version first, then install the new one.  If an older version of
      the package is not installed, just install this new package.
      
%     \item [\texttt{-i}] \textbf{i}nstall the package.  Install the
%       package in any case, and \emph{do not} uninstall any older
%       version if any exist.
      
    \item [\texttt{-h}] Print \textbf{h}ashes (\textsf{\#}) to
      indicate progress.

    \item [\texttt{-v}] \textbf{v}erbosely print the name of each
      package as install it.
    \end{itemize}
  \end{explanation}
  
  That's all.  Open Netscape and click on a \acro{PDF} document.  If
  your screen resolution is set low, it may be difficult to click on
  the \textsf{Accept} button on Adobe's \acro{EULA}.  You may be able
  to reach it in the workspace below.
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}
