acroread multilib incompatible with kubuntu-desktop

[David Lang]

I tried to install acroread a couple of days ago and there was a multilib conflict that resulted in uninstalling kbubuntu-desktop and all of KDE

two problems

1. the multilib failure

2. its far too easy for a multilib failure to result in the uninstalltion of a major amount of software

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Mar 20 05:48:43 2012
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash

[David Lang (david-lang)]

I did something wrong in launchpad which made it think this was a bug against apport

[Bob Bib (bobbib)]

Unexpected package removal may happen if you tried to install some updates in a development release, 'cause some package updates get released later than others;
when you are doing 'apt-get dist-upgrade' and it informs you that some packages are going to be removed, you should check twice if you really want it;
in most cases, you should cancel that operation and do just 'apt-get upgrade' which should not remove any package
(nevertheless, it's possible that a new package replaces some old packages with a different name -- in such situations removal is really needed, but it removes only a couple of packages);
some time later, the remaining packages will be updated too, so 'apt-get dist-upgrade' shouldn't propose any removal.

In your case, it was not an update, but some acroread dependency packages had versions conflicting with another (Kubuntu) packages.

Do you encounter this in the release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (not in development version)?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[David Lang (david-lang)]

yes, I confirmed this bug was in the 12.04 release

[Bob Bib (bobbib)]

David,

what was the acroread version you tried to install?

Looks like another symptom of package multiarch bug #990761.

[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.]