Acroread Package not Found

Question

Just installed Ubuntu 12.10. Trying to install adobe acrobat reader with the command

sudo apt-get install acroread

My package settings and software sources are attached as screenshots. But it can't find the package acroread. Please help. I have even installed ubuntu-restricted-extras.

Screenshot

Possible deplicate: Multiple errors while installing acroread on Ubuntu 12.10 64b — , Jan 20 '13 at 14:08
@vasa1 Fundamentally that was about how the Software Center identified it as bad quality and wouldn't install it. This is different--the Software Center is not being used; the problem is the necessary repository is not enabled. The answers there don't really apply--but yours does. — Eliah Kagan, Jan 20 '13 at 14:10

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 20 '13 at 14:17

According to Install Adobe Acrobat Reader in Ubuntu12.10/12/04/Linux Mint, you need to do this:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install acroread

But note that the Launchpad page here does not list a package for quantal (12.10).

acroread was either removed from quantal or was not made for quantal so changing precise to quantal in above instruction OR checking the box in the image posted in the question in the tab 1 to the right (named Other Software) will NOT work. You need to use the precise repo or download it straight from adobe.com

nope keep it. He wants acroread so he can use the precise repo for it ;) nothing wrong with the answer. Here have an edit ;) @vasa1 — Rinzwind, Jan 20 '13 at 14:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '13 at 20:25

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Acroread is now available in Quantal's partner repo.

See this Launchpad bug:

acroread 9.5.1 is not installable on Ubuntu Precise amd64 system

It says Precise in the title, but it applies to precise, quantal and raring.

answered Mar 12 '13 at 20:25

Mark Russell

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