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Cuba71
March 5th, 2009, 10:30 PM
I finished installing Adobe Reader 8.1.3 by converting the RPM to a deb using alien and then installing using dpkg.
Now when I try to change the file associations for pdf files y don't find adobe reader in the list.
Any ideas?
Thank you
taurus
March 5th, 2009, 10:34 PM
Let's see where it is installed to.


whereis acroread
73ckn797
March 5th, 2009, 10:38 PM
Why go through the trouble of installing via the rpm to deb? It is available through Synaptic Package Manager and installs flawlessly.
taurus
March 5th, 2009, 10:52 PM
Why go through the trouble of installing via the rpm to deb? It is available through Synaptic Package Manager and installs flawlessly.

It is not in the standard repos, only Medibuntu.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
http://packages.medibuntu.org/intrepid/index.html
Cuba71
March 5th, 2009, 11:02 PM
Taurus:
it's at /usr/bin/acroread

I tried installing from Medibuntu and I got a dependency error on libstdc++5
73ckn797
March 5th, 2009, 11:25 PM
It is not in the standard repos, only Medibuntu.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
http://packages.medibuntu.org/intrepid/index.html


I stand corrected. I have Medibuntu enabled and was not thinking.
taurus
March 5th, 2009, 11:37 PM
Taurus:
it's at /usr/bin/acroread

I tried installing from Medibuntu and I got a dependency error on libstdc++5

You need to remove that version and then install the one from Medibuntu's.


sudo dpkg -r acroread
Cuba71
March 6th, 2009, 01:40 PM
Thank you all for your help.

I solved the problem by downloading a deb package from Adobe web page.