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Date:      03 Oct 2005 11:51:27 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Vladimir Tsvetkov <npacemo@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems with Acroread7 port
Message-ID:  <44zmpq1tvk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <666bdb140510030749y48e05a98t@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <666bdb140510030335w12c98872l@mail.gmail.com> <666bdb140510030749y48e05a98t@mail.gmail.com>

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Vladimir Tsvetkov <npacemo@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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