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[Carl Ollivier-Gooch <cfog@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

On a 64-bit install of precise, there's no way to install acroread.
Here's what doesn't work on my system:

- A direct install (via synaptic, software manager, apt-get or dpkg) of
acroread fails, because the only version available is a 32-bit version
from oneiric that depends on libraries that are uninstallable on
precise.

- Until today, I had a downloaded version from Adobe installed in /opt,
but a routine update broke that (and uninstalled several other packages,
including skype).

This traces back, at least in part, to the precise ia32-libs problem,
for which there appears not to be a solution.  For a long-term support
release, this is terrible support, and I'm frustrated.  What's the plan
/ timeline for getting this fixed?  It's not as though acroread is
obscure software used by one user in a hundred...

Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release:	12.04

acroread:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 9.4.7-1oneiric1
  Version table:
     9.4.7-1oneiric1 0
        500 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise/partner amd64 Packages

sudo apt-get install acroread
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 acroread : Depends: ia32-libs (>= 20080808) but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: nspluginwrapper but it is not going to be installed

** Affects: acroread (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Still no acroread for 64 bit precise

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