Adobe Acroread 32 Bit On 64 Bit Karmic-How?

[David Fox]

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Leonard Chatagnier
<lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> apt-cache policy acroread
> acroread:
>  Installed: 9.1.3-1jaunty1
>  Candidate: 9.1.3-1jaunty1
>  Version table:
>  *** 9.1.3-1jaunty1 0
>        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> lchata at karmak-desktop:~/Desktop/seamonkey/chrome/icons/defa

Good for Jaunty, but not fore  Karmic.

There doesn't seem to be any roadmap yet for acroread for Karmic, On
the other hand, there is a bug report (fairly easily accessible) where
I've added my comments. At present we may just have to wait until an
"official" repository comes out.

Stuff I've tried so far:

1) finding a PPA
2) searching for a repository with Acroread. So far, have found
nothing, and all "restricted" repositories are supported.

3) trying a 32 bit deb in a 64 bit system. Easily findable, but not
optimal, and undesirable if you want to keep the whole update process
in a working order.

3) Existing packages that are available fo other releases won't
install normally because of dependency issues.

We may just have to wait until Karmic go live.

Meanwhile, I seem to have gotten some info that I can't yet verify
concerning PDF files that are not readable in any pdf viewer other
than Acrobat Reader. I thought that this should not be possible
because of standards.



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