Public bug reported: Binary package hint: acroread
When starting acroread from the command line I see :- $ acroread 2>&1 | more expr: syntax error expr: syntax error expr: syntax error expr: syntax error expr: syntax error expr: syntax error expr: syntax error expr: syntax error expr: syntax error .... This seems to be because the script tries to get the verion number from libgtk and fails ... the file I have installed is :- libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1106.0 Add in set -x to the script it starts to fail when getting the version number :- + echo libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1106.0 + sed 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\1\2\3/g' + return 0 + version='' + [ 0 -ne 0 ] + expr length expr: syntax error ** Affects: acroread (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [gutsy] acroread fails to startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138939 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs