download adobe reader

Thanks Hanusz leszek, that solved my question.

Hi Hanusz thanks for your reply. Have tried what you suggest but get the following message:

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

any idea what i should do ?

regards

Stephen

 --- On Mon 05/14, Hanusz leszek < <email address hidden> > wrote:
From: Hanusz leszek [mailto: <email address hidden>]
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 22:51:48 -0000
Subject: Re: [Question #6608]: download adobe reader

Your question #6608 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/6608

    Status: Open => Answered

Hanusz leszek proposed the following answer:
Thanks for your question.

Acrobat Reader is available in the plf repository (unofficial, unsupported, may be dangerous).
But if you install a package from a repository you will have updates available.

Install this repository (how to: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AddingRepositoriesHowto )
deb http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free

paste this in a terminal:
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

then install acrobat reader:
sudo apt-get install acroread

It is also possible to install acrobat reader from a source package (.tar.gz) or a rpm file.
Take a look here if you want to know how:
http://cutlersoftware.com/ubuntuinstall/

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can you paste the result of:
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
in a terminal ?

then paste this in a terminal:
sudo dpkg --configure -a

please copy-paste all those results here

Hi Hanusz this is what I got :

stephen@stephen-desktop:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse

and then :

stephen@stephen-desktop:~$ sudo dkpg --configure -a
sudo: dkpg: command not found

does it mean anything to you ?

regards

Stephen

 --- On Tue 05/15, Hanusz leszek < <email address hidden> > wrote:
From: Hanusz leszek [mailto: <email address hidden>]
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 11:34:30 -0000
Subject: Re: [Question #6608]: download adobe reader

Your question #6608 on Ubuntu changed:https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/6608Hanusz leszek posted a new comment:can you paste the result of:cat /etc/apt/sources.listin a terminal ?then paste this in a terminal:sudo dpkg --configure -aplease copy-paste all those results here

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you made a little error in the last command, it is :
sudo dpkg --configure -a

(you inverted the 'p' and the 'k')

Please try with the correct command.

Hi Hanusz

Thanks for your reply. When I type it correctly it asks me for a password. the only password i know is the one i use at start up and that doesn't seem to work.

Stephen

 --- On Thu 05/17, Hanusz leszek < <email address hidden> > wrote:
From: Hanusz leszek [mailto: <email address hidden>]
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 12:46:53 -0000
Subject: Re: [Question #6608]: download adobe reader

Your question #6608 on Ubuntu changed:https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/6608Hanusz leszek posted a new comment:you made a little error in the last command, it is :sudo dpkg --configure -a(you inverted the 'p' and the 'k')Please try with the correct command.

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