2012/11/25 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> > On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 00:03 +0000, David King wrote: > > I installed Adobe Reader 9.5.1, but it will not run. > > > > The output I get from the CLI is: > > > > $ 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 > > > > > > I checked in Synaptic and libxml2 is installed. > > > > I am running Ubuntu Studio 12.04 > > > > So why is my Adobe Reader not working? I tried uninstalling it, > > downloading it again from the Adobe site, and reinstalling, but it did > > not help. > > > > > > David K > > Perhaps an multi-architecture issue? Do you run an Ubuntu Studio amd64 > install? If so, is libxml2:i386 installed? > > Is Adobe reader needed for something? I'm not dogmatic, I use > proprietary software myself, but only if needed. Why do you want Adobe > reader? > > 1. Update your sources, *sudo apt-get update* 2. Install *gdebi* package 3. Install AcroRead *.deb* package using *gdebi*. This should look for your dependencies. 4. *sudo nspluginwrapper -i /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so* 5. BUG. *~/C:\nppdf32Log\debuglog.txt* is created when using AcroRead into Firefox. 6. BUG for 1024x600. With *alacarte* modify your menu entry putting *env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= acroread* instead *acroread
*I made this some months ago. But now I'm not usually using AcroRead. I prefer *evince* (default program for PDF files). It's faster, free... Josep Pujadas-Jubany
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