cannot run Adobe Reader

[Hartmut Noack]

Am 26.11.2012 00:14, schrieb David King, linux user:
> Booklet printing is where you can print a document of several pages long, but each page is reduced to fit on half the sheet, and all in the correct order so that when printed the whole lot can be stapled and folded to form a booklet,

This is a standard-function of the Linux Printing System. You can print
any multi-page document from any application that way.



> albeit smaller than the original document. Currently I now have to go into Windows, via Virtualbox  to do this. I realise Ubuntu developers cannot fix Adobe Reader, but it seems to rely on libxml2, which is part of Linux, and the error message suggests that's where the problem lies, as it used to work previously before one of the updates I did in Ubuntu Studio.
> 
> David
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> Sent from my android device.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Holstein <mikeh789 at gmail.com>
> To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion <ubuntu-studio-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:26
> Subject: Re: cannot run Adobe Reader
> 
> On Nov 25, 2012 9:11 AM, "David King, linux user" <linuxman at avoura.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I use Adobe Reader for its booklet printing ability. I have not found a
> FOSS pdf reader that can do that.
> 
> I would file wishlist bugs with the foss projects in question. We can't
> include adobe reader. We also can't "fix" it if its broken. I would contact
> adobe for support of the adobe products. I would be glad to help track down
> booklet printing if you'd elaborate as to what that is. Also, in the
> interest of casting a wider support query, you might seek help in the main
> ubuntu avenues as this issue is not ubuntustudio specific. Cheers.
> 
> Holstein
>>
>> David K
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
>> To: ubuntu-studio-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Sent: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 1:47
>> Subject: Re: cannot run Adobe Reader
>>
>> On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 00:03 +0000, David King wrote:
>>> I installed Adobe Reader 9.5.1, but it will not run.
>>>
>>> The output I get from the CLI is:
>>>
>>> $ acroread
>>> /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error while loading
>>> shared libraries: libxml2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No
>>> such file or directory
>>>
>>>
>>> I checked in Synaptic and libxml2 is installed.
>>>
>>> I am running Ubuntu Studio 12.04
>>>
>>> So why is my Adobe Reader not working? I tried uninstalling it,
>>> downloading it again from the Adobe site, and reinstalling, but it did
>>> not help.
>>>
>>>
>>> David K
>>
>> Perhaps an multi-architecture issue? Do you run an Ubuntu Studio amd64
>> install? If so, is libxml2:i386 installed?
>>
>> Is Adobe reader needed for something? I'm not dogmatic, I use
>> proprietary software myself, but only if needed. Why do you want Adobe
>> reader?
>>
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