Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

[Wackojacko <wackojacko32@ntlworld.com>]

Wayne Topa wrote:
> Wackojacko(wackojacko32@ntlworld.com) is reported to have said:
> > michael wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 14:41 +0000, Chris Lale wrote:
> > <snip trying to install acroread from debian-multimedia>
> >
> > > The following packages have unmet dependencies.
> > >   acroread-l10n-en: Depends: acroread (>= 8.1.2-0.0) but it is not
> > > installable
> > > E: Broken packages
> > > mkb@amd64:~$
> > >
> > > I'm running Debian Etch on AMD64 arch. Thanks, Michael
> > Acroread is not available for AMD64, you will need to run a 32 bit  
> > chroot environment.  Its fairly easy to set up (I've got one :) ) but  
> > may be overkill if acroread doesn't do what you need.  Google will help  
> > if you decide to go this route.
>
> Oh?  Is this incorrect or am I reading it wrong??
>
> [VT2 root@dj-TESTING]
>  show acroread
> Package: acroread
> Priority: optional
> Section: text
> Installed-Size: 64056
> Maintainer: Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org>
> Architecture: amd64
> Version: 8.1.2-0.0
> Replaces: acroread-debian-files (<= 0.0.8), acroread-plugins (<= 7.0-0sarge0.3), mozilla-acroread (<= 8.1.1-0.2)
>
> WT


The OP is running etch and this multi-arch stuff is fairly new.  If you 
look at the depends of acroread you will see that it installs the 
ia32-libs to be able to run i.e. it is the 32-bit version.

Although it seems my 32-bit chroot may soon be history, thanks for the 
heads up. :)

Wackojacko