Fail to install Arobat Reader

satimis · 07-07-2007, 11:25 AM

Hi folks,

Ubuntu Desktop 7.04

I have AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386.rpm download on Adobe site.

$ which rpm
did not find it.

rpm installation;
$ sudo apt-get install rpm
it went through w/o complaint.

packages installed are;

Code:

libbeecrypt6
librpm4
Suggested packages:
alien

The following NEW packages will be installed:
libbeecrypt6 librpm4 rpm

$ which rpm
/usr/bin/rpm

$ sudo rpm -ivh AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386.rpm

Code:

error: Failed dependencies:
        /bin/sh is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        gtk2 >= 2.4.0 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libGL.so.1 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libGLU.so.1 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libX11.so.6 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libXext.so.6 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libXt.so.6 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libatk-1.0.so.0 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libc.so.6 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.2) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.4) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.2) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libdl.so.2 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libfontconfig.so.1 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libglib-2.0.so.0 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libgobject-2.0.so.0 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libm.so.6 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libpango-1.0.so.0 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libpangox-1.0.so.0 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libpthread.so.0 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.3.2) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libresolv.so.2 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        librt.so.1 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386
        libz.so.1 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386

It needs so many dependencies. What can I do? To download the tarball?

Tks

B.R.
satimis

XavierP · 07-07-2007, 11:37 AM

Far easier is to use Automatix. It does it, erm, automatically as long as you press the right buttons

Also, mixing rpms and debs will give you issues further down the line.

satimis · 07-09-2007, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XavierP

Far easier is to use Automatix. It does it, erm, automatically as long as you press the right buttons

Also, mixing rpms and debs will give you issues further down the line.

Hi XavierP,

Tks for your advice and URL

Have AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386.tar.gz download and installed as follow;

$ tar zxpf AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386.tar.gz

$ sudo AdobeReader/INSTALL
password

It went through w/o complaint

$ which acroread
/usr/bin/acroread

B.R.
satimis

AceofSpades19 · 07-09-2007, 01:01 AM

Ubuntu doesn't use rpms, it uses debs

satimis · 07-09-2007, 01:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AceofSpades19

Ubuntu doesn't use rpms, it uses debs

Hi AceofSpades19,

Tks for your advice.

Already remove rpm with;

$ sudo apt-get remove rpm

Code:

.....
Removing rpm....

satimis

Nylex · 07-09-2007, 02:13 AM

satimis, I don't know if you've encountered this problem already or not, but when I ran Acrobat Reader this morning after installing it, I got "expr: syntax error" printed many times in the terminal. If you experience this, there's a fix for the problem here.

satimis · 07-09-2007, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nylex

satimis, I don't know if you've encountered this problem already or not, but when I ran Acrobat Reader this morning after installing it, I got "expr: syntax error" printed many times in the terminal. If you experience this, there's a fix for the problem here.

Hi Nylex,

Your advice noted with tks.

So far no problem encountered here. I'll keep eyes on it.

B.R.
satimis

catfishk · 07-14-2007, 10:25 AM

you could use Evince to open .pdf files. it does everything the reader does, i've found

sudo apt-get install evince

satimis · 07-14-2007, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by catfishk

you could use Evince to open .pdf files. it does everything the reader does, i've found

sudo apt-get install evince

Hi catfishk,

Tks for your advice.

evince is running on this box;
$ which evince
/usr/bin/evince

Yes it reads .pdf files

B.R.
satimis