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I am new to Ubuntu, but I believe I have Ubuntu 11.10 installed correctly. I am trying to install Acroread using AdbeRdr9.4.6-1_i386linux_enu.deb that I downloaded from the Adobe web site. How do I do this?

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Worth noting that Ubuntu comes with a PDF reader (evince, aka Document Viewer). Acrobat does have more features, but if all you want to do is read PDF files it shouldn't be necessary. – chronitis Feb 21 at 9:59
Why would you need adobe reader? Evince document viewer works perfectly in ubuntu and it do what you can do in adobe reader and more, it supports PDF, Postscript, djvu, tiff, dvi, XPS, SyncTex support with gedit, comics books (cbr,cbz,cb7 and cbt) and it is installed by default on ubuntu 12.10. So don't bother yourself installing adobe reader. – Mehdi Feb 24 at 11:21

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all supported ubuntu versions

To install Adobe Acrobat you will need to enable the canonical partners repository in the Software Sources tab of Update Manager

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Use Dash and search for Software Sources

If you don't see those options in Software Sources, you can use the following command from a terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ [distro] partner"

Where [distro] is, for example, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise

Then in a terminal you can update and install acrobat reader:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install acroread

It is strongly recommended from a security point-of-view to use the version in the repositories.

If - for whatever reason - you wish to download directly from Adobe and install then the following instructions apply:

Using firefox navigate to:

Choose the following options as shown in the image - i.e. download the .deb package

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When the Download button is clicked:

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Leave it at the default to open in Software Center where you can install it.

If you have set your downloads to automatically save in your Downloads folder:

cd ~/Downloads
sudo dpkg -i AdbeRdr*.deb
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NOTE for 12.10 64bit users - this Q&A applies - askubuntu.com/a/70380/14356 – fossfreedom♦ Nov 6 '12 at 12:42
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You can do:

# sudo dpkg -i AdbeRdr9.4.6-1_i386linux_enu.deb

But I recommend evince as better pdf reader. It's the default in quantal.

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Try this instead:

  sudo apt-get -y install acroread acroread-fonts

UPDATE:

  1. Add 'Canonical Partner' repository

    sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) partner"

  2. Update your system

    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

  3. Install Adobe Reader, and font extensions

    sudo apt-get -y install acroread acroread-fonts

Just verified this, on new install of 12.04 LTS.

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acroread-fonts doesn't seem to be on 12.04. Where can it be found? – Craig McQueen Feb 21 at 3:36
it is in the medibuntu ppa – GM-Script-Writer-62850 May 2 at 1:47
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Acroread is now available in Quantal's partner repo.

See this Launchpad bug:

It says Precise in the title, but it applies to precise, quantal and raring.

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