Adobe Acroread 32 Bit On 64 Bit Karmic-How?

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Fri, 10/9/09, Fred Roller <froller at tnclimited.com> wrote:

> From: Fred Roller <froller at tnclimited.com>
> Subject: Re: Adobe Acroread 32 Bit On 64 Bit Karmic-How?
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 1:12 PM
> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Fred, but this is getting stranger by the
> minute.  Your little tip worked even with aptitude but
> the apt show option doesn't pick it up.  Also aptitude
> and apt-cache search doesn't pick it up; only acroread-fonts
> even after sudo updatedb was run. Acroread-fonts was from
> the medibuntu repo. Without the apt show entry for acroread
> and not knowing the version it will install, I choose not to
> install from repos.  There is a bug floating around
> here somewhere.
> > I also read the howto you listed all the way through
> but nothing there I haven't done. I ran the command(apt
> Xapian or something) which causes synaptic to pick up the
> additional added repos and updated before searching for
> acroread and sure enough no acroread only acroread-fonts as
> before.  Bugs are crawling out the woodwork or I doing
> something wrong. Let me know if you can get show to work on
> acroread and what version we have, if you don't mind.
> > Im listing my canonical and medibuntu entries just in
> case there is an error:
> >
> > deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic
> free non-free
> > deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ sid non-free
> > deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu
> karmic partner
> > above in sources.list
> >   
>  From the how to I listed I have:
> 
>     froller at metis:~$ less
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
> 
>     ## Please report any bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/
>     deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic
> free non-free #Medibuntu - 
> Ubuntu 9.10 "karmic koala"
>     # deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free 
> #Medibuntu (source) - Ubuntu 9.10 "karmic koala"
> 
> > http://archives.canonical.com/ubuntu
> karmic partner
> > http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free
> > Http://deb.opera.com/opera/sid non-free
> >   
> Standard partner activation in source.list:
> 
>     deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
>     deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
> 
> > above in software sources Other Software.
> >
> > also picked up in todays upgrade which wasn't there
> before is:
> >
> > Medibuntu - Ubuntu 9.10 "karmic koala" free non-free
> > There is an entry for the source package also.
> > I suspect that is where acroread was picked up from as
> it wasn't there before for me.
> > If you see any errors in my sources please kindly
> point them out to me.  Thanks for your comments.
> > Leonard Chatagnier
> > lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> >
> >
> >   
> Can't see anything out of place.  Like you I don't see
> acroread through 
> synaptic.
> 
Except for not seeing acroread in synaptic as you, everything is
ok today.  I have installed several updates since this post and
now aptitude search and show picks up acroread.  Guess I just needed to wait a bit for the upgades to reach the repos.  Thanks for staying around and helping out.  I appreciate it.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net