Here is updated version of tutorial for HOWTO build Acrobat Reader RPM package for Fedora Core.
Download following:
1) http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/unix/5.x/linux-509.tar.gz
2) acroread.spec
3) acroread-dir.patch
4) acroread.desktop and acroread.png
[tchung@localhost acroread]$ ls acroread.desktop acroread-dir.patch acroread.png acroread.spec linux-509.tar.gz [tchung@localhost acroread]$ cp acroread.desktop acroread-dir.patch acroread.png linux-509.tar.gz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ [tchung@localhost acroread]$ cp acroread.spec ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/ [tchung@localhost acroread]$ cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/ [tchung@localhost SPECS]$ rpmbuild -ba acroread.spec Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.9648 + umask 022 + cd /home/tchung/rpmbuild/BUILD + LANG=C + export LANG + unset DISPLAY + rm -rf /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot + cd /home/tchung/rpmbuild/BUILD + rm -rf acroread-5.0.9 + /bin/mkdir -p acroread-5.0.9 + cd acroread-5.0.9 + /usr/bin/gzip -dc /home/tchung/rpmbuild/SOURCES/linux-509.tar.gz + tar -xf - + STATUS=0 + '[' 0 -ne 0 ']' ++ /usr/bin/id -u + '[' 500 = 0 ']' ++ /usr/bin/id -u + '[' 500 = 0 ']' + /bin/chmod -Rf a+rX,g-w,o-w . + exit 0 Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.9648 + umask 022 + cd /home/tchung/rpmbuild/BUILD + cd acroread-5.0.9 + LANG=C + export LANG + unset DISPLAY + install -d /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/lib/acroread + tar xpf LINUXRDR.TAR -C /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/lib/acroread + tar xpf COMMON.TAR -C /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/lib/acroread + install -d /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins + ln -s /usr/lib/acroread/Browsers/intellinux/nppdf.so /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins + patch /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/lib/acroread/bin/acroread.sh patching file /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/lib/acroread/bin/acroread.sh + install -d /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/bin + ln -s /usr/lib/acroread/bin/acroread.sh /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/bin/acroread + install -d /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/share/applications /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/share/pixmaps + install -p -m644 /home/tchung/rpmbuild/SOURCES/acroread.desktop /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/share/applications + install -p -m644 /home/tchung/rpmbuild/SOURCES/acroread.png /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/share/pixmaps + /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-compress + /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-strip /usr/bin/strip + /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-strip-static-archive /usr/bin/strip + /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-strip-comment-note /usr/bin/strip /usr/bin/objdump Processing files: acroread-5.0.9-fc1 Executing(%doc): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.3790 + umask 022 + cd /home/tchung/rpmbuild/BUILD + cd acroread-5.0.9 + DOCDIR=/var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/share/doc/acroread-5.0.9 + export DOCDIR + rm -rf /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/share/doc/acroread-5.0.9 + /bin/mkdir -p /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/share/doc/acroread-5.0.9 + cp -pr README LICREAD.TXT /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot/usr/share/doc/acroread-5.0.9 + exit 0 Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot Wrote: /home/tchung/rpmbuild/SRPMS/acroread-5.0.9-fc1.src.rpm Wrote: /home/tchung/rpmbuild/RPMS/i386/acroread-5.0.9-fc1.i386.rpm Executing(%clean): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.24542 + umask 022 + cd /home/tchung/rpmbuild/BUILD + cd acroread-5.0.9 + rm -rf /var/tmp/acroread-buildroot + exit 0 [tchung@localhost SPECS]$ sudo rpm -Uvh /home/tchung/rpmbuild/RPMS/i386/acroread-5.0.9-fc1.i386.rpm Password: Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:acroread ########################################### [100%]