Acroread (Acrobat reader) not working

[GilGalad]

Kevin O'Gorman Wrote: 
> I know this is a multiverse thing, but I'd really like to have it.  I
> know I can
> install it manually from the Adobe installer, but I'd like to keep to
> apt-get packages if possible.
> 
> It appears to be badly misconfigured.  Attempts to execute fail
> miserably.
> The "acroread" command resolves to a shell script at /usr/bin/acroread,
> which ends with the command 
> /usr/lib/Acrobat5/bin/acroread "$@"
> 
> The command file does not exist.  There is an "acroread.sh" there, but
> if
> I try that, I get an error message
> ERROR: Cannot find installation directory.
> 
> Does anybody have this beast working in Ubuntu?  If so, what's the
> magic?
> 
> ++ kevin
> 
> -- 
> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
> 
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Look in:

https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3187


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GilGalad