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gnome-app-install package

  1. Bug #57981
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 57981

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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis (benjamin-hawkeslewis) wrote :

Michael,

I keep my system fixed with the latest Edgy updates. Normally, "apt-cache policy acroread" responds with "W: Unable to locate package acroread". Once I enable multiverse, it responds with:

"acroread:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 7.0.8-0.0.ubuntu2
  Version table:
     7.0.8-0.0.ubuntu2 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/multiverse Packages"

And it suddenly becomes available in Add/Remove Applications!

If I disable multiverse again, Add/Remove returns to the bogus message that "Adobe Reader cannot be installed on your computer type (i386). Either the application requires special hardware features or the vendor decided to not support your computer type."