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[Darko Veberic <394488@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i tried all three methods of installing acroread on ubuntu 13.10 amd64:
from AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin, from
AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb, and enabling the raring partner repo.
in all cases i got the library dependencies fixed, so this is not a
problem. the message "/usr/bin/acroread must be executed from the
startup script." still appears, no matter what.

i have modified the /usr/bin/acroread startup script so that it ran full
verbosity strace and later also ltrace. the outputs of both runs are
attached. what was not visible in strace appeared in ltrace: the
__xstat() call on /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux fails for unknown
reason. i have checked all directory and file permissions in /opt/Adobe
and should be fine. i also completely disabled apparmor, to no avail.
the acroread refuses to start in saucy!

i would not care much for this non-open source program, but, sorry to
say, this is the only program which prints pdf files correctly, with all
the necessary options that one needs. evince, okular etc, they all don't
get the printer margins right, do not have shrink/fit to printable area
etc and have erratic behavior for long/short edge binding, not to speak
about the multiple-pages-per-sheet.

please, fix the installation of acroread on ubuntu 13.10 and place it
back to canonical partners...?

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  acroread won't start: "/usr/bin/acroread must be executed from the
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