Friday, 18 October 2013

Install Adobe Acrobat Reader in Ubuntu

Install Adobe Acrobat Reader in Ubuntu pc
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Approach-1: Didn't work for me
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Step1) sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner"
Step2) sudo apt-get update
Step3) sudo apt-get install acroread
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Result:
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree    
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  acroread: Depends: acroread-bin but it is not installable
E: Broken packages


Approach-2: Didn't work for me
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Download Adobe*.deb (i386 version .deb file) from ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/


sudo linux32 dpkg -i AdbeRdr9.5.4-1_i386linux_enu.deb
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dpkg: error processing AdbeRdr9.5.4-1_i386linux_enu.deb (--install):
 package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 AdbeRdr9.5.4-1_i386linux_enu.deb

Approach3: Worked for me..hurray...
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sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture AdbeRdr9.5.4-1_i386linux_enu.deb
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dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
 package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
Selecting previously deselected package adobereader-enu.
(Reading database ... 147879 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking adobereader-enu (from AdbeRdr9.5.4-1_i386linux_enu.deb) ...
Setting up adobereader-enu (9.5.4) ...

Processing triggers for man-db ...

Reference for Approach-3: http://notepad2.blogspot.in/2011/04/install-adobe-reader-on-64-bit-ubuntu.html


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