On (02/01/07 16:57), Michael Perry wrote: > Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > I have just subscribe to the debian-amd64 list. > > > > I have at list tow motivations: > > 1] indeed evince is very nice, but unfortunately some slides of mine > > are not exhibited properly with evince, which appear to be slower > > the acrread; > > 2] I would like to install mime 32bit Maple on my new amd64 box: > > if can install acroread then I hope to be able to install it. > > > >> On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 05:23:59AM +0800, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > >>> does anyone succeeded to run properly acroread on Etch amd64 box ? > >>> > >>> I have follow the instruction in > >>> > >>> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAMD64Faq > >>> > >>> but I get Pango critical messages: > >>> in fact it seems that the wrong Pango library is called (the 64bit > >>> instead of the 32bits). > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance, > >>> Jerome > > Hi- > > Since the Debian AMD64 is "pure", you will need to either use a gnome > based PDF reader or install a chroot environment for Debian that can run > a variety of other applications. I've done this before and its not too > difficult to get done. The AMD64 list can help you out quite a bit; but > just to cut through things a bit; I've compiled and installed mplayer, > acroread, 32bit firefox, and others. A good starting point is: > > http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/356
I may have missed something in this thread but I run a 32 bit chroot but only for realplayer (although I used to run OOo and Flash in the chroot). xpdf works well here and doesn't require much in the way of dependencies. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]