[SOLVED] how do I install acrobat reader?

mark_alfred · 07-10-2014, 06:17 AM

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

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