kubuntu and acroread

[albi]

On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:55:50 -0500
Kenneth Jacker <khj at be.cs.appstate.edu> wrote:

> I have freshly installed kubuntu-5.10 after my hard drive died ... ;-)
> 
> My previous system was Debian/Sarge, so I thought I'd go ahead and
> try ubuntu/kubuntu.  Unfortunately, things haven't gone too well ...
> 

http://help.ubuntu.com and https://wiki.ubuntu.com are good sources for
"progress" in the post-install era

> I obtained 'acroread' (and friends) from the 'multiuniverse' and
> installed it.
> 
> This is what I see when I attempt to run it:
> 
>   $ /usr/bin/acroread
>   /usr/bin/acroread: line 12: /usr/lib/Acrobat5/bin/acroread: No such
> file or directory

can you remove the old acroread 5.x ?

sudo apt-get remove --purge acroread*
is probably enough

then :
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install acroread

it's possible that you have to log out and log in again first

> I've also downloaded the application from Adobe, but it doesn't work
> either.

imho it's best to remove all and then install 1 properly

> Are others successfully using 'acroread'?

yes

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