Do this in the console:
sudo dpkg -P acroread-debian-files acroread acroread-escript
Then install acroread again.
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package acroread 8.1.3-0medibuntu0.8.10.2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to
overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/acroread.1.gz', which is also in package
acroread-debian-files
Your problem is caused by using the medibuntu repository, not Ubuntu, so
you'd have to file a bug with them. I guess that's why the report is
filed as invalid here.
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package acroread 8.1.3-0medibuntu0.8.10.2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to
overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/acroread.1.gz',
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 359518 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359518
** Changed in: medibuntu
Status: New = Invalid
** Changed in: acroread (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid = New
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 359518
acroread failed to update in 8.10
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25235156/Dependencies.txt
** Attachment added: DpkgTerminalLog.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25235157/DpkgTerminalLog.txt
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package acroread 8.1.3-0medibuntu0.8.10.2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to
overwrite
** Also affects: medibuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: acroread (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Invalid
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package acroread 8.1.3-0medibuntu0.8.10.2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to
overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/acroread.1.gz', which is also in package
I think this is a valid complaint. Why don't you explain how to fix the
problem when you mark it Invalid?
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package acroread 8.1.3-0medibuntu0.8.10.2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to
overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/acroread.1.gz', which is also in package
acroread-debian-files
