From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 29 15:36:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6134016A41C for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:36:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1309A43D49 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:36:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5TFa6KP097351; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:36:06 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id j5TFa6ts097348; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:36:06 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:36:05 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Rogue_Spider In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050629093351.Y97344@wonkity.com> References: <44oea9ssua.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:36:06 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acroread porting problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:36:11 -0000 On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Rogue_Spider wrote: > On 6/22/05, Rogue_Spider wrote: >> On 13 Jun 2005 20:08:29 -0400, Lowell Gilbert >> wrote: >>> Rogue_Spider writes: >>> >>>> I installed a port acroread from my sysinsall >>>> from freebsd 5.0 iso on my system i than told >>>> kde to use acroread to open all pdf files >>>> ghostview would not work so i decided to >>>> use acroread when i than try to launch the >>>> program it says "cant find acroread" >>>> i found the exe and tried to launch it by >>>> itself again same message? i read that >>>> there was some problems with it being >>>> ported to the wrong directory, is that the problem? >>>> if so what directory should it be in? >>> >>> /usr/local/bin/acroread >>> >>> Either add /usr/local/bin to your path or call it with the entire path. >>> >> pretend i am knew to freebsd / i am \ >> ok >> i tried moving shell script from /usr/local/acroread5/bin >> to /usr/local/bin/ -didna work- >> do i move the entire folder over?executable?or other? > > I was hoping to have this problem resolved by now but am still waiting > for an answer - i have tried a few diffrent vereations on a resolution but > to no avail can someone help Instead of telling KDE to use just "acroread", you should tell it the whole path to the file: "/usr/local/bin/acroread". Don't move things. Put anything you've moved back where it was, or deinstall and reinstall the acroread port to fix those files. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA