PDF file association disappeared when I delete the Adobe Reader 9 launcher in the Office menu

[Thomas Winwood]

Binary package hint: acroread

1. I install acroread from the Canonical partner repository.
> It asks me if I wanted to make it the default viewer for PDF files.
2. I answer in the affirmative.
3. I delete the "Adobe Reader 9" launcher from the Office menu because I will never use it.
4. Suddenly the file association for PDF files is gone, and Adobe Reader is not in the "Open With" dialog box when I go to add it back. I can add acroread by commandline, but this looks ugly and lacks the icon, so I consider it a workaround rather than a fix.

Reinstalling acroread does not rerun the post-installation scripts; dpkg-reconfigure asks me the question about default viewer, but appears to do nothing no matter whether I answer yes or no.

thomas@ketsuban:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04

thomas@ketsuban:~$ apt-cache policy acroread
acroread:
  Installed: 9.1.0-7jaunty2
  Candidate: 9.1.0-7jaunty2
  Version table:
 *** 9.1.0-7jaunty2 0
        500 http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

Hi, a new acroread release (0.9.4) is available for update, could you give it a try and tell us if the problem persists?
If you still have this bug please set back the status to "new"
thanks

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for acroread (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]