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Re: Adobe Reader 9.5.4 on 64 bit Linux



* On 2013 27 Feb 12:29 -0600, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> In order to read a government form I need Adobe Reader 9.5.4.  There is a deb 
> file, but it is 32 bit.  The system requirements demand 32 bit.  The 
> government form I require will not even allow attempts to open it with 
> anything else.  I have a 64 bit system.
> 
> I need:
> http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/cha1.pdf
> 
> 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.

So far I have not done so on this laptop, but I understand that one must
enable multiarch first:

http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO

The downside is that every package will show a duplicate i386 package in
Aptitude.

- Nate

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