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Errors are as following . I want to install realplayer and acroread . Is ther any other repository for that ?
Code:
Get:7 ftp://ftp.nerim.net etch/main Packages
Err ftp://ftp.nerim.net etch/main Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said 'Can't open /debian-marillat/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory ' [IP: 62.4.17.14 21]
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Sources
Fetched 3B in 7s (0B/s)
Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to fetch file, server said 'Can't open /debian-marillat/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory ' [IP: 62.4.17.14 21]
Reading package lists... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.nerim.net etch/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nerim.net_debian-marillat_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
which "free" software do you suggest to replace acroread ? I have used xpdf and kpdf but they seem to be very primitive, many features are missing. Though, I dont know much about their current versions but the older versions were not optimum.
Moreover, my problem with the multimedia repository is still the same !
If I remember well, I downloaded Acrobat Reader from Adobe itself.
jlinkels
Yes, but they generally provide RPM or source code. I dont want to mess up the system by compiling something which is already available as binary.
Now, my multimedia repository is working, so I can apt-get acroread, but as suggeted by Rich, I would really be interested in using non-proprietory counterpart if I can get comparable features.
Distribution: Debian /Jessie/Stretch/Sid, Linux Mint DE
Posts: 5,195
Rep:
You are right, I must have downloaded it from somewhere else. Stupid.
Anyway, once in a while I am installing a machine which does not have Adobe yet, and all other PDF readers I know of miss things Adobe has.
The most important feature I missed was the ability to perform a text search thru an entire document. Maybe the new versions included in Etch are better, I don't check them thouroughly yet.
So I consider Adobe reader still as something which is essential to a Linux installation.
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