acroread: ERROR: Cannot find installation directory.

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Author: Robert Pommrich
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To: dmo-discussion
Subject: acroread: ERROR: Cannot find installation directory.
Hi,

when trying to start acroread I receive the following error message:

$ acroread
ERROR: Cannot find installation directory.

Strace give the following:

$ strace acroread
execve("/usr/bin/acroread", ["acroread"], [/* 24 vars */]) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x9d07000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
0) = 0xb786f000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=78791, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 78791, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb785b000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3,
"\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320m\1\0004\0\0\0"...,
512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1323460, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1333608, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3,
0) = 0xb7715000
mmap2(0xb7855000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x13f) = 0xb7855000
mmap2(0xb7858000, 10600, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7858000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
0) = 0xb7714000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb77148d0,
limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0,
limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0xb7855000, 8192, PROT_READ)   = 0
mprotect(0xb788d000, 4096, PROT_READ)   = 0
munmap(0xb785b000, 78791)               = 0
getpid()                                = 15200
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL, [CHLD], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0},
8) = 0
geteuid32()                             = 1000
brk(0)                                  = 0x9d07000
brk(0x9d28000)                          = 0x9d28000
getppid()                               = 15199
stat64("/home/user", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=16384, ...}) = 0
stat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=16384, ...}) = 0
open("/usr/bin/acroread", O_RDONLY)     = 3
fcntl64(3, F_DUPFD, 10)                 = 10
close(3)                                = 0
fcntl64(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)        = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x8056520, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
read(10, "#!/bin/sh\n#\n# Copyright \302\251 2008-"..., 8192) = 1506
pipe([3, 4])                            = 0
clone(child_stack=0,
flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
child_tidptr=0xb7714938) = 15201
close(4)                                = 0
read(3, "i386", 128)                    = 4
read(3, "\n", 128)                      = 1
read(3, "", 128)                        = 0
close(3)                                = 0
wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 15201
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
clone(child_stack=0,
flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
child_tidptr=0xb7714938) = 15203
wait4(-1, ERROR: Cannot find installation directory.
[{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], 0, NULL) = 15203
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
read(10, "", 8192)                      = 0
exit_group(1)                           = ?




Robert