Re: Adobe acroread upgrade breaks links, and a FIX
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:45:08 -0400 Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> Hello, all:
>
> After my usual daily update of my testing system this morning, which
> updated only acroread and related stuff, acroread and the browser
> plugin were broken. It turns out /etc/alternatives/acroread was
> pointing to the wrong place after the upgrade. These two commands
> will fix it:
>
> rm /etc/alternatives/acroread
> ln -s /usr/lib/Adobe/Reader8/bin/acroread-en /etc/alternatives/acroread
>
> You'll also need to run acroread outside the browser once to accept
> the license before it will work inside the browser (assuming you have
> nppdf.so properly installed).
It appears to be fixed.
I just updated my testing system, which included acroread, and there were
no such issues.
The link you mention was correct before and after the update.
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