On Wednesday 27 February 2013 18:59:06 Claudius Hubig wrote: > Dear Lisi, > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > There has, I know, been quite a lot about 32 bit on 64 bit systems > > recently. But I am not clear where I should start with this one. > > Are you on Squeeze or Wheezy? For Squeeze, install the ia32-libs* and > then dpkg --force-architecture the Adobe Reader .deb
root@Tux-II:/home/lisi/Downloads# dpkg --force-architecture -i AdbeRdr9.5.4-1_i386linux_enu.deb dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled: package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64) (Reading database ... 137946 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 ... root@Tux-II:/home/lisi/Downloads# BUT I can't get it to run. I have tried from the menu. I have tried from Krunner. I have tried double-clicking the file. Nothing. I am still getting the error message demanding a newer version of Adobe Reader. Help! all you lovely people. Where now?? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201302272324.42182.lisi.re...@gmail.com