
And Linux users have many free, built-in PDF-viewing or -creation tools, such as Ghostscript and GSView. The Mac OS X TextEdit program can save files in PDF format. Look in the File menu for options like “Export as PDF” or “Save in PDF format.” If available, this is a convenient way to create PDF files. There is no school-wide license for Adobe products and campus Computing, Communications, and Information Technologies (CCIT) does not supply or sell Adobe Acrobat.Īlternatively, many “office” program suites on many operating systems, including the free LibreOffice ( ), now have PDF-creation tools built in. Educational discounts and bulk-license discounts are available. Adobe Acrobat must be purchased by individuals or departments through third-party resellers.


However, the Adobe Acrobat program used to create PDF files is not free. In addition, free third-party PDF viewers are available for each operating system, including Linux and iOS. I tracked the error to what seems to be a different behavior of cabextract, because I can see that i386/mspatcha.dl_ exists into W2KSP4_EN.EXE, but the command to extract it does not work.009: How can I view and create Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files? SOLUTIONĪdobe Corporation invented the Acrobat File Format, also known as the PDF or “portable document format” standard, to allow the easy exchange of complex documents with formatting and graphics intact.Īdobe provides a free version of Adobe Reader (formerly Acrobat Reader) for Windows, Mac OS X, and Android ( ). Warning: Note: command cabextract -q -d /var/tmp/pamac-build-plalloni/adobe-reader-11/src/tmp/env/dosdevices/c:/windows/temp -L -F i386/mspatcha.dl_ /home/plalloni/.cache/winetricks/win2ksp4/W2KSP4_EN.EXE returned status 1. var/tmp/pamac-build-plalloni/adobe-reader-11/src/tmp/env/dosdevices/c:/windows/temp/i386/mspatcha.dl_: No such file or directory This will hang until all wine processes in prefix=/var/tmp/pamac-build-plalloni/adobe-reader-11/src/tmp/env terminateĮxecuting cabextract -q -d /var/tmp/pamac-build-plalloni/adobe-reader-11/src/tmp/env/dosdevices/c:/windows/temp -L -F i386/mspatcha.dl_ /home/plalloni/.cache/winetricks/win2ksp4/W2KSP4_EN.EXE

=> Validating source files with sha256sums. This is the output I see Warning: adobe-reader-11 is only available from AUR
