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mark_alfred

07-10-2014 06:17 AM

how do I install acrobat reader?

Hello. There doesn't seem to be an acroread package. So I went to the adobe site and downloaded their package, but I can't install it. How do I install it?

Code:

mark@mark-OptiPlex-755:~/NewDebs/acroread$ ls

AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin

mark@mark-OptiPlex-755:~/NewDebs/acroread$ sudo ./AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin

sudo: ./AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin: command not found

mark@mark-OptiPlex-755:~/NewDebs/acroread$ sudo AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin

sudo: AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin: command not found

mark@mark-OptiPlex-755:~/NewDebs/acroread$ ./AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.binbash: ./AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin: Permission denied

mark@mark-OptiPlex-755:~/NewDebs/acroread$ sudo ./AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin

sudo: ./AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin: command not found

mark@mark-OptiPlex-755:~/NewDebs/acroread$ AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin

AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.binAdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin: command not found

pan64

07-10-2014 06:20 AM

probably the execute flag is missing: chmod +x AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin

schneidz

07-10-2014 07:08 AM

you probably have something like evince already installed.

mark_alfred

07-10-2014 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64 (Post 5201647)

probably the execute flag is missing: chmod +x AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin

Okay, I did that and it worked, but I'm getting the following:

Code:

mark@mark-OptiPlex-755:~/NewDebs/acroread$ acroread

/opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error while loading shared libraries: libxml2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

mark@mark-OptiPlex-755:~/NewDebs/acroread$

How do I fix this?

ETA:
I did a search and I have this file, so I'm truly puzzled why it doesn't work. Where does acroread expect to find libxml2.so.2? Perhaps if I knew that, I could put a link.

Code:

mark@mark-OptiPlex-755:~/NewDebs/acroread$ locate libxml2.so.2

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxml2.so.2

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxml2.so.2.9.1

repo	07-10-2014 11:01 AM

Why don't you use the deb package from
get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/

Kind regards

mark_alfred

07-10-2014 11:01 AM

Hmm. I think because it's a 32 rather than 64-bit version. Where can I find the 64-bit version?

I'll try the deb version, but I suspect I'll have the same result given that that's also a 32 bit version.

repo	07-10-2014 11:03 AM

Here the 32 bit version works on the 64 bit system.

Kind regards

repo	07-10-2014 11:06 AM

I don't think they have a 64 bit version.

Kind regards

mark_alfred

07-10-2014 11:10 AM

Yup, installed the deb version of it, and still get the same result. I'll try restarting, and see if that makes a difference.

repo	07-10-2014 11:13 AM

You need to install the 32 bit version from the libraries:

Code:

apt-get install libxml2:i386 ia32-libs

Kind regards

mark_alfred

07-10-2014 11:18 AM

Code:

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree      

Reading state information... Done

Package ia32-libs is not available, but is referred to by another package.

This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or

is only available from another source

However, the following packages replace it:

  lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0



E: Package 'ia32-libs' has no installation candidate

mark@mark-OptiPlex-755:~$  lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0

lib32z1: command not found

mark@mark-OptiPlex-755:~$ sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree      

Reading state information... Done

The following extra packages will be installed:

  lib32tinfo5 libc6-i386

The following NEW packages will be installed:

  lib32bz2-1.0 lib32ncurses5 lib32tinfo5 lib32z1 libc6-i386

But I still get the same error when I try to run acroread.

mark_alfred

07-10-2014 11:20 AM

Wait, I am getting closer, I now get a new error:

Code:

mark@mark-OptiPlex-755:~$ acroread

/opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

repo	07-10-2014 11:26 AM

try

Code:

dpkg --add-architecture i386

then

Code:

apt-get install libxml2:i386 ia32-libs

Kind regards

mark_alfred

07-10-2014 11:27 AM

Okay, got it working.

Code:

sudo apt-get install libstdc++6:i386

I expect it will be somewhat unstable, though.

gor0	07-10-2014 12:18 PM

http://alternativeto.net/software/ad...platform=linux

:study:

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