Adobe Acroread 32 Bit On 64 Bit Karmic-How?

[Fred Roller]

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- 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
>
>
>   
No Problem.  They usually get most of the kinks worked out by the 
official release date.  This part is half the fun. :-P


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