Ok,
I just need to say that it is ridiculous for an App like Acrobat reader to require an additional set of 17!!!!! libraries to be installed in order to work.

I went to the page <http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?event=view&id=KC.333102&extid=333102&dialogID=13419942&iterationID=1&sessionID=48302fb794ca42574236&stateID=1+0+95230080&mode=simple>

I downloaded all the packages and installed them. I then installed reader 7.0.9 for HP-UX 11.11.

did it work.... NOPE!!!

this is what I get...

(acroread:7161): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gobject.c: line 1713: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(acroread:7161): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gobject.c: line 1713: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(acroread:7161): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gobject.c: line 1713: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(acroread:7161): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gobject.c: line 1737: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(acroread:7161): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gobject.c: line 1737: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(acroread:7161): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gobject.c: line 1737: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(acroread:7161): Gdk-CRITICAL **: file gdkwindow-x11.c: line 4300: assertion `GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed

(acroread:7161): Gdk-CRITICAL **: file gdkpixbuf-render.c: line 294: assertion `GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed
/usr/lib/dld.sl: Unresolved symbol: gdk_pixbuf_xlib_init (code) from /opt2/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Reader/hppahpux/bin/acroread

anyone have any idea what might be happening?

come on, I need some help here. Doesn't anyone have any ideas?