On Wed, November 8, 20:47:33 UTC 2006, Jim Perrin wrote:

rpm -qp --scripts Adobe_rpm_name_here.rpm

This will query the package and should produce output telling you what pre and post scripts it's trying to run. From there we can debug further.

This is the output:

# rpm -qp --scripts AdobeReader_enu-7.0.8-1.i386.rpm preinstall program: /bin/sh postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):

UpdateOldGnomeFile() { awk ' BEGIN { state = 0; }

/^application/pdf$/ { state = 1; print $0; next; }

/^[^ \t].*/ { state = 0; print $0; next; }

/^[ \t][ \t]*default_application_id=/ && (state == 1) { print gensub(/(^[ \t][ \t]*default_application_id=).*$/, "\1acroread", "g"); next; }

/.*/ { print $0 }' "$1" > /tmp/acroread.tmp 2>/dev/null

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then mv -f /tmp/acroread.tmp "$1" 2>/dev/null || rm -f /tmp/acroread.tmp 2>/dev/null fi }

ReadKDEConfigFile() { awk ' BEGIN { state = 0; MaxPreference = 0; MaxIndex = 0; }

/^[ \t]*[([^ ]*)[ \t]*-[ \t]*([0-9][0-9]*)[ \t]*][ \t]*$/ { app_type = gensub(/^[ \t]*[([^ ]*)[ \t]*-[ \t]*([0-9][0-9]*)[ \t]*][ \t]*$/, "\1", "g"); if ( app_type == "application/pdf" ) { state = 1; app_index = gensub(/[(.*)[ \t]*-[ \t]*([0-9][0-9]*)]$/, "\2", "g"); if ( MaxIndex < app_index ) MaxIndex = app_index; } else state = 0; }

/^[ \t]*Preference[ \t]*=[ \t]*[0-9][0-9]*[ \t]*$/ { if (state == 1) { app_pref = gensub(/^[ \t]*Preference=[ \t]*([0-9][0-9]*)[ \t]*$/, "\1", "g"); if ( MaxPreference < app_pref ) MaxPreference = app_pref; } } /.*/ { print $0 }

END { printf("\n[application/pdf - %d]\nAllowAsDefault=true\nApplication=AdobeReader.desktop\nGenericServiceType=Application\nPreference=%d\nServiceType=application/pdf\n", MaxIndex + 1, MaxPreference + 1);}' "$1" > /tmp/acroread.tmp 2>/dev/null

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then mv -f /tmp/acroread.tmp "$1" 2>/dev/null || rm -f /tmp/acroread.tmp 2>/dev/null fi }

UpdateIcon() { if [ -n "$1" -a -n "$2" ]; then rm -f "$2" 2>/dev/null ln -s "$1" "$2" 2>/dev/null fi }

# $1 => Directory where Adobe Acrobat is installed

UpdateDefaultIcons() { InstallDir="$1"

if [ -z "$InstallDir" ]; then exit 1 fi

for IconSize in 16x16 20x20 24x24 32x32 36x36 48x48 64x64 96x96 128x128 192x192; do for gnomeDir in "$GNOME_BASE_DIR/share/icons/Bluecurve/$IconSize/mimetypes" "$GNOME_BASE_DIR/share/icons/hicolor/$IconSize/apps" "$GNOME_BASE_DIR/share/icons/gnome/$IconSize/mimetypes" ; do if [ -d "$gnomeDir" ]; then UpdateIcon "$InstallDir/Resource/Icons/$IconSize/AdobeReader.png" "$gnomeDir/gnome-mime-application-pdf.png" 2>/dev/null UpdateIcon "$InstallDir/Resource/Icons/$IconSize/vnd.fdf.png" "$gnomeDir/gnome-mime-application-vnd.fdf.png" 2>/dev/null UpdateIcon "$InstallDir/Resource/Icons/$IconSize/vnd.adobe.pdx.png" "$gnomeDir/gnome-mime-application-vnd.adobe.pdx.png" 2>/dev/null UpdateIcon "$InstallDir/Resource/Icons/$IconSize/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml.png" "$gnomeDir/gnome-mime-application-vnd.adobe.xdp+xml.png" 2>/dev/null UpdateIcon "$InstallDir/Resource/Icons/$IconSize/vnd.adobe.xfdf.png" "$gnomeDir/gnome-mime-application-vnd.adobe.xfdf.png" 2>/dev/null fi done

for kdeDir in "$KDE_BASE_DIR/share/icons/Bluecurve/$IconSize/mimetypes" "$KDE_BASE_DIR/share/icons/default.kde/$IconSize/mimetypes" "$KDE_BASE_DIR/share/icons/hicolor/$IconSize/apps" ; do if [ -d "$kdeDir" ]; then UpdateIcon "$InstallDir/Resource/Icons/$IconSize/AdobeReader.png" "$kdeDir/pdf.png" 2>/dev/null UpdateIcon "$InstallDir/Resource/Icons/$IconSize/vnd.fdf.png" "$kdeDir/vnd.fdf.png" 2>/dev/null UpdateIcon "$InstallDir/Resource/Icons/$IconSize/vnd.adobe.pdx.png" "$kdeDir/vnd.adobe.pdx.png" 2>/dev/null UpdateIcon "$InstallDir/Resource/Icons/$IconSize/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml.png" "$kdeDir/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml.png" 2>/dev/null UpdateIcon "$InstallDir/Resource/Icons/$IconSize/vnd.adobe.xfdf.png" "$kdeDir/vnd.adobe.xfdf.png" 2>/dev/null fi done done }

UpdateConfigurationFiles() { GNOME_CONFIG_FILE="$GNOME_BASE_DIR/share/applications/defaults.list" GNOME_OLD_CONFIG_FILE="$GNOME_BASE_DIR/share/mime-info/gnome-vfs.keys" KDE_CONFIG_FILE="$KDE_BASE_DIR/share/config/profilerc"

if [ -f "$GNOME_CONFIG_FILE" ]; then ( grep -v "^application/pdf=." < "$GNOME_CONFIG_FILE" ; echo 'application/pdf=AdobeReader.desktop' ) > /tmp/acroread.tmp 2>/dev/null mv -f /tmp/acroread.tmp "$GNOME_CONFIG_FILE" 2>/dev/null || rm -f /tmp/acroread.tmp 2>/dev/null else if [ -f "$GNOME_OLD_CONFIG_FILE" ]; then UpdateOldGnomeFile "$GNOME_OLD_CONFIG_FILE" fi fi

if [ -f "$KDE_CONFIG_FILE" ]; then ReadKDEConfigFile "$KDE_CONFIG_FILE" fi

rm -f /tmp/acroread.tmp 2>/dev/null }

##SOFT LINK #remove any leftover

if ( echo foo > /usr/bin/AcroWriteTest ) 2> /dev/null ; then rm -f /usr/bin/AcroWriteTest

rm -f /usr/bin/acroread 2> /dev/null

##install link if [ -n "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX" ]; then ln -s "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX"/bin/acroread /usr/bin/acroread else ln -s /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin/acroread /usr/bin/acroread fi

else echo " " fi

# # Check a given file in given path # check_file_in_named_path() { if [ -x "$2/$1" ] ; then return 1 fi

return 0 }

# # Check a given file in $PATH # check_file_in_path() { OLD_IFS=$IFS IFS=":"

if [ -n "$PATH" ] ; then for i in $PATH; do if [ -d "$i" ] ; then check_file_in_named_path "$1" "$i" if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then IFS=$OLD_IFS echo "$i/$1" return 1 fi fi done fi

IFS=$OLD_IFS return 0 }

#Make Soft Links To gnome-speech libraries MakeLibGnomeSpeechLinks() { InstallDir="$1/Reader"

TESTSPEECHEXEC=`check_file_in_path "test-speech"` if [ $? -ne 0 ] then check_file_in_path "ldd" >/dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ] then check_file_in_path "sed" >/dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ] then rm -f "$InstallDir"/intellinux/lib/libORBit-2.so 2>/dev/null rm -f "$InstallDir"/intellinux/lib/libbonobo-2.so 2>/dev/null rm -f "$InstallDir"/intellinux/lib/libbonobo-activation.so 2>/dev/null rm -f "$InstallDir"/intellinux/lib/libgnomespeech.so 2>/dev/null

TrimCmd="sed -e 's/^[ \t]*([^ \t])(.*)([^ \t])[ \t]*$/\1\2\3/g'" LIB_ORBit2="`ldd $TESTSPEECHEXEC 2>/dev/null | grep -i libORBit-2.* | cut -d '>' -f2 | cut -d '(' -f 1 | sh -c "$TrimCmd" `" LIB_BONOBO="`ldd $TESTSPEECHEXEC 2>/dev/null | grep -i bonobo-2.* | cut -d '>' -f2 | cut -d '(' -f 1 | sh -c "$TrimCmd" `" LIB_BONOBOACTIVATION="`ldd $TESTSPEECHEXEC 2>/dev/null | grep -i bonobo-activation.* | cut -d '>' -f2 | cut -d '(' -f 1 | sh -c "$TrimCmd" `" LIB_GNOMESPEECH="`ldd $TESTSPEECHEXEC 2>/dev/null | grep -i libgnomespeech.* | cut -d '>' -f2 | cut -d '(' -f 1 | sh -c "$TrimCmd" `" if [ -f "$LIB_ORBit2" -a -f "$LIB_BONOBO" -a -f "$LIB_BONOBOACTIVATION" -a -f "$LIB_GNOMESPEECH" ] then ln -s "$LIB_ORBit2" "$InstallDir/intellinux/lib/libORBit-2.so" ln -s "$LIB_BONOBO" "$InstallDir/intellinux/lib/libbonobo-2.so" ln -s "$LIB_BONOBOACTIVATION" "$InstallDir/intellinux/lib/libbonobo-activation.so" ln -s "$LIB_GNOMESPEECH" "$InstallDir/intellinux/lib/libgnomespeech.so" fi fi fi fi }

if [ `uname -s` = "Linux" ] ; then

InstallDir="$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX"/Reader

if [ ! -e /usr/lib/libldap.so ] then rm -f "$InstallDir"/intellinux/lib/libldap.so 2>/dev/null

LIB_LDAP=`ls -tr /usr/lib/libldap.so* 2>/dev/null | tail -n 1`

if [ "$LIB_LDAP" = "" ] then LIB_LDAP=`ls -tr /usr/lib/libldap* 2>/dev/null | grep -v libldap_r | grep -v libldapcpp | grep '.so' | tail -n 1` fi

if [ "$LIB_LDAP" != "" ] then ln -s $LIB_LDAP "$InstallDir"/intellinux/lib/libldap.so fi fi

if [ ! -e /usr/lib/liblber.so ] then rm -f "$InstallDir"/intellinux/lib/liblber.so 2>/dev/null

LIB_LBER=`ls -tr /usr/lib/liblber.so* 2>/dev/null | tail -n 1`

if [ "$LIB_LBER" = "" ] then LIB_LBER=`ls -tr /usr/lib/liblber* 2>/dev/null | grep -v liblber_r | grep '.so' | tail -n 1` fi

if [ "$LIB_LBER" != "" ] then ln -s $LIB_LBER "$InstallDir"/intellinux/lib/liblber.so fi fi

#Make Soft Links To gnome-speech libraries MakeLibGnomeSpeechLinks "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX" fi

check_file_in_path kde-config >/dev/null

if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then KDE_BASE_DIR="`kde-config --prefix`" elif [ -x /opt/kde3/bin/kde-config ]; then KDE_BASE_DIR="/opt/kde3" elif [ -x /opt/kde/bin/kde-config ]; then KDE_BASE_DIR="/opt/kde" else KDE_BASE_DIR="/usr" fi

GNOME_BASE_DIR=`check_file_in_path gnome-open`

if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then GNOME_BASE_DIR=`dirname "$GNOME_BASE_DIR"` GNOME_BASE_DIR=`dirname "$GNOME_BASE_DIR"` elif [ -x /opt/gnome/bin/gnome-open ]; then GNOME_BASE_DIR="/opt/gnome" else GNOME_BASE_DIR="/usr" fi

if [ "$GNOME_BASE_DIR" != "/usr" ]; then UpdateIcon /usr/share/applications/AdobeReader.desktop "$GNOME_BASE_DIR/share/applications/AdobeReader.desktop" fi

if [ "$KDE_BASE_DIR" != "/usr" ]; then UpdateIcon /usr/share/applnk/Applications/AdobeReader.desktop "$KDE_BASE_DIR/share/applnk/Applications/AdobeReader.desktop" fi

UpdateIcon /usr/share/applnk/Applications/AdobeReader.desktop "$KDE_BASE_DIR/share/applications/kde/AdobeReader.desktop"

UpdateDefaultIcons "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX" UpdateConfigurationFiles

if [ -d "$GNOME_BASE_DIR/share/mime/packages" ]; then UpdateIcon "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/Resource/Support/AdobeReader.xml" "$GNOME_BASE_DIR/share/mime/packages/AdobeReader.xml" fi

if [ -d "$KDE_BASE_DIR/share/mimelnk/application" ]; then UpdateIcon "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/Resource/Support/vnd.fdf.desktop" "$KDE_BASE_DIR/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.fdf.desktop" UpdateIcon "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/Resource/Support/vnd.adobe.pdx.desktop" "$KDE_BASE_DIR/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.adobe.pdx.desktop" UpdateIcon "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/Resource/Support/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml.desktop" "$KDE_BASE_DIR/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml.desktop" UpdateIcon "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/Resource/Support/vnd.adobe.xfdf.desktop" "$KDE_BASE_DIR/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.adobe.xfdf.desktop" fi

if [ `which update-mime-database 2>/dev/null` ]; then update-mime-database "$GNOME_BASE_DIR/share/mime" >/dev/null 2>&1 fi

if [ `which update-desktop-database 2>/dev/null` ]; then update-desktop-database >/dev/null 2>&1 fi

exit 0 preuninstall program: /bin/sh postuninstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):

if [ -d "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX" -o -d `dirname "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX" 2> /dev/null` ]; then

CAN_BASE_DIR_BE_DELETED="YES" OLD_IFS="$IFS" IFS=" "

for i in `find "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX" -type f 2> /dev/null `; do if [ -n "$i" ]; then CAN_BASE_DIR_BE_DELETED="NO"

fi done

IFS="$OLD_IFS"

##Remove the Acrobat7.0 directory BASENAME_RPM_INSTALL=`basename "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX" 2> /dev/null` DIRNAME_RPM_INSTALL=`dirname "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX" 2> /dev/null`

if [ "$BASENAME_RPM_INSTALL" = "Acrobat7.0" -a "$DIRNAME_RPM_INSTALL" = "/usr/local/Adobe" -a $CAN_BASE_DIR_BE_DELETED = "YES" ]; then #Try removing Acrobat 7 directory rm -rf "$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX" 2> /dev/null #Try removing Adobe directory as well if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

if [ -z `find "$DIRNAME_RPM_INSTALL" -type f 2> /dev/null` ]; then rm -rf "$DIRNAME_RPM_INSTALL" 2> /dev/null else CAN_BASE_DIR_BE_DELETED="NO"

fi

else CAN_BASE_DIR_BE_DELETED="NO"

fi

fi fi

GNOME_BASE_DIR=`which gnome-open 2>/dev/null`

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then GNOME_BASE_DIR=`dirname "$GNOME_BASE_DIR"` GNOME_BASE_DIR=`dirname "$GNOME_BASE_DIR"` elif [ -x /opt/gnome/bin/gnome-open ]; then GNOME_BASE_DIR="/opt/gnome" else GNOME_BASE_DIR="/usr" fi

if [ `which update-mime-database 2>/dev/null` ]; then update-mime-database "$GNOME_BASE_DIR/share/mime" >/dev/null 2>&1 fi

if [ `which update-desktop-database 2>/dev/null` ]; then update-desktop-database 2>/dev/null fi

exit