The Document describes how to setup Adobe Acrobat for Compaq Tru64Unix under AlphaLinux. Please note that you must have a legal license of Tru64Unix in order to do this.

1. Requirements.

Get the following files and libraries from Digital Unix 4.x and copy them into your system according to this tree:

/etc
  svc.conf

/etc/sia
  siainitgood   matrix.conf

/sbin
  loader

/usr/shlib
  libICE.so
  libSM.so
  libX11.so
  libXext.so
  libXm.so
  libXmu.so
  libXt.so
  libc.so
  libdnet_stub.so
  libm.so
  libcxx.so
  libexc.so
  libots.so

Add '/usr/shlib' to your /etc/ld.so.conf and run 'ldconfig -v'

Get Digital Unix Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 (dec-rs-40.tgz, 7.6 MB) from http://www.adobe.com

2. How-to.

Untar the file:
tar -zxvf dec-rs-40.tgz

Change to the untarred directory:
cd /AOSFRS.install

Run the installation script:
./INSTALL

Despite the message 'WARNING: The chosen configuration will not run on your current platform... Continue installation? [n]', type 'yes'

Type "accept" to agree with the terms and conditions of the license
Accept also the defaut installation directory '/usr/local/Acrobat4'
Move the Acrobat 4 libraries files to /usr/shlib:

mv /usr/local/Acrobat4/Reader/alphaosf/lib/libAGM.so.3.0 /usr/shlib
mv /usr/local/Acrobat4/Reader/alphaosf/lib/libCoolType.so.1.0 /usr/shlib
mv /usr/local/Acrobat4/Reader/alphaosf/lib/libICC.so.1.0 /usr/shlib
mv /usr/local/Acrobat4/Reader/alphaosf/lib/libreadcore.so.4.0 /usr/shlib
ln -s /usr/shlib/libc.so /usr/shlib/libpthreads.so

Run, once more, 'ldconfig -v'

Make Acrobat think it's running on the correct system:
mv /usr/local/Acrobat4/Reader/alphaosf /usr/local/Acrobat4/Reader/intellinux

Link the startup script to an excecutable path file:
ln -s /usr/local/Acrobat4/bin/acroread /usr/local/bin/acroread

Finally, run 'acroread'. That's all.