I just installed Xubuntu 14.04 and came across this problem. The only reason I need "acroread" is that others in my team use Windows version and annotates text. The annotations are not visible in evince but if there are other PDF readers that support this I see no reason why acroread should stay if it's already EOL.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Adobe, which is subscribed to adobe-isv. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1176131 Title: Please add Acroread package to the Partner repository for Ubuntu Saucy and Trusty Status in Canonical and Adobe collaboration project: Confirmed Status in “acroread” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Please add 'acroread' package to the Partner repository for Ubuntu Saucy and Trusty. lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) Release: 14.04 apt-cache policy acroread acroread: Installed: 9.5.5-1raring1 Candidate: 9.5.5-1raring1 Version table: *** 9.5.5-1raring1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status What is expected to happen in a new install of either Xubuntu Saucy or Trusty, is acroread is available once the Partner repository is enabled. What happens instead is it's not available as per https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acroread . WORKAROUND: In Saucy, a work around is to install the deb files from Precise. WORKAROUND: In Trusty, install wine1.7 from Wine PPA https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-wine/+archive/ppa and install Adobe Reader 9.5.0 Windows 7 English from www.adobe.com/reader. Attempted failed work arounds for Trusty amd64: 1) It crashes consistently Installing package nspluginwrapper, then download and install: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acroread/9.5.5-1raring1/+build/4580418/+files/acroread_9.5.5-1raring1_amd64.deb http://launchpadlibrarian.net/139929201/acroread-bin_9.5.5-1raring1_i386.deb or: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/139929201/acroread-bin_9.5.5-1raring1_i386.deb https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acroread/9.5.5-1raring1/+build/4580419/+files/acroread_9.5.5-1raring1_i386.deb 2) Download the file from www.adobe.com/reader and attempt to run it: sudo ./AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin sudo: ./AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin: command not found 3) Attempted to download Adobe provided .deb from: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb acroread Segmentation fault (core dumped) apt-cache policy adobereader-enu adobereader-enu:i386: Installed: 9.5.5 Candidate: 9.5.5 Version table: *** 9.5.5 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/adobe-isv/+bug/1176131/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~adobe-isv Post to : adobe-isv@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~adobe-isv More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
