Problems with Acroread7 port
Lowell Gilbert
freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org
Mon Oct 3 08:51:31 PDT 2005
Vladimir Tsvetkov <npacemo at gmail.com> writes:
> I had no problems with the make install clean with this port,
> but when I try to start acroread7, I got the following message:
>
> # acroread7
> /compat/linux/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread:
> error while loading shared libraries: libfreetype.so.6: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> I've searched for the libfreetype.so.6 shared object on my machine and
> I got the following:
>
> # find /usr -name "libfreetype.so.*"
> /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.so.9
>
> Maybe I have a newer version of libfreetype.so.*.
> I tried with a symbolic link:
>
> # ln -s /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.so.9 /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.so.6
>
> And then again:
> # acroread7
> /compat/linux/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread:
> error while loading shared libraries: libfreetype.so.6: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> So, this method doesn't work.
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks in advance!
You need the Linux version (as acroread is a Linux X executable).
On my -STABLE system, it was installed as part of linux_base-8,
as a dependency.
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