[Framers] FrameMaker install without Distiller?

[Lin Sims]

I ran the install with admin rights. Clicking FrameMaker to customize the
installation shows FrameMaker and then Distiller as a subcomponent, each
with selected checkboxes. If I deselect Distiller, FrameMaker gets
deselected also. If I select FrameMaker, Distiller is reselected. I already
have Acrobat Pro on the computer and I need it for my job, so I am less
than happy with the installation behaviour. I've also never seen the
installer act like that before, and I've been working with Frame since
5.5.2.

I actually haven't installed it yet, since I'll need our IT company to
reinstall Acrobat Pro immediately and that will now not be happening until
Monday.

On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 4:33 PM, Heiko Haida <info at heiko-haida.de> wrote:

> Well, I never had problems to deselect the Distiller plugin, this sounds
> strange. Do you have all the necessary admin rights?
>
> It is not advisable to install the Distiller plugin together with an
> existing regular Acrobat, which will be efficiently removed or
> deactivated -- very annoying esp. when further plugins are installed
> with it (like PitStop etc.).
> I made this mistake only once.
>
> Of course, maybe you are more the Adobe Reader type, but I like the
> option to "work" with PDF files.
>
> Best regards -- Tino H.Haida, Berlin
>
> Art Campbell:
>
> > Unless you want to mess with the innards, it's easiest and best just to
> > install FM with the defaults. You're more likely to F* up something
> trying
> > to second guess the installer and not install the Distiller than you are
> > following the KISS principle.
> >
> > If Acrobat is set as your default printer, as it should be, it will be
> > used.
> >
> > Just get in the habit of using the Print command.
> >
> > Art Campbell
> > art.campbell at gmail.com
> > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and
> > a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
> > No disclaimers apply.
> > DoD 358
> >
> > On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 2:17 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> My employer has purchased a Frame license for me (yay!), but the
> >> installation program won't let me install FrameMaker without the Adobe
> >> Acrobat Distiller. Which is to say that Distiller is a component
> underneath
> >> FrameMaker, and if I deselect it, the installer also deselects FM, and
> if I
> >> then select FM, it selects Distiller with no input from me.
> >>
> >> I already have Acrobat Pro on here, I don't want to mess that up as I
> know
> >> can happen when you install the headless version that comes with Frame.
> >>
> >> What magic do I perform to NOT install Distiller while installing FM?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Lin Sims
> >> _______________________________________________
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-- 
Lin Sims