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?
9 Answers
All Ubuntu versions prior to 13.10
To install Adobe Acrobat you will need to enable the canonical partners repository in the Software Sources tab of Update Manager
Use Dash and search for Software Sources or Software & Updates in 13.04 and later.
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/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"
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
When the Download button is clicked:
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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1NOTE for 12.10 64bit users - this Q&A applies - askubuntu.com/a/70380/14356– fossfreedom ♦Nov 6, 2012 at 12:42
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5I am on 13.10 and even with the partners repos I can't install the reader. Ideas? Mar 19, 2014 at 13:19
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1Is there an updated answer for this? (The site has changed it's format since 2011) Or possibly workaround using the Unix version.– No TimeAug 17, 2014 at 19:12
REVISED: 2016-Nov (minor wording only)
For Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS and 16.10, 32- or 64-bit
[ adapted from: http://ask.xmodulo.com/install-adobe-reader-ubuntu-13-10.html ]
Adobe Reader 9 is not in the 'Partner' repository for 13.10 (or later).
Download Adobe Reader (32-bit), from Adobe site:
From here: ftp.adobe.com .. reader .. 9.5.5
Check MD5SUM after downloading, input
md5sum AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
the output should be
88036c68998d565c4365e2ad89b04d51 AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
Open a command line, change to the directory containing the .deb file.
Install package, forcing to accept 32-bit version and any errors:
sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb sudo apt-get -f install
Add the missing 32-bit libraries: (skip this step for 32-bit)
sudo apt-get install libxml2:i386 lib32stdc++6
(Optional) Run for first time, to get icon in Unity menu bar.
acroread <path>/<MyDocument>.pdf
For Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Add 'Canonical Partner' repository
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) partner"
Update your system
sudo apt-get update
Install Adobe Reader, and font extensions
sudo apt-get -y install acroread acroread-fonts
(Optional) Run for first time, to get icon in Unity menu bar.
acroread <path>/<MyDocument>.pdf
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acroread-fonts
doesn't seem to be on 12.04. Where can it be found? Feb 21, 2013 at 3:36 -
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1acroread-fonts not located in ubuntu 13.04 +1 for the general approach for the release Jan 21, 2014 at 14:38
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1Also, see here for an AppArmor profile to attempt to harden Acrobat Reader: github.com/seanlano/seanlano-apparmor/blob/master/apparmor.d/…– seanlanoApr 10, 2017 at 10:15
For saucy (13.10), you can include the raring partner repository. This is how I did it:
sudo echo -e '# for acroread\ndeb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ raring partner' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raring-partner.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install acroread
apt-cache show acroread
# Package: acroread
# Architecture: amd64
# Version: 9.5.5-1raring1
# Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, acroread-bin, nspluginwrapper
# [...]
apt-cache policy acroread
# acroread:
# Installiert: 9.5.5-1raring1
# Installationskandidat: 9.5.5-1raring1
# Versionstabelle:
# *** 9.5.5-1raring1 0
# 500 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ raring/partner amd64 Packages
# 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Can I suggest to add the info, that one only needs to do the first three lines. And that rest is to show what has been installed (and is thus optional).– MadMikeJan 22, 2014 at 13:08
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sudo echo string > protected_file
doesn't work. Instead useecho string | sudo tee protected_file
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1This method also works for Trusty (14.04). See askubuntu.com/questions/455135/… for a discussion.– landroniApr 25, 2014 at 12:00
I combined above methods and so I can install Adobe Acrobat Reader on
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver:
cd ~/Downloads
wget ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
sudo apt-get -y install libxml2:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 \
gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 libatk-adaptor:i386 gtk2-engines:i386
sudo apt-get install ./AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
Then one can launch it with acroread
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Note: what makes Adobe Reader almost unique and useful - it is its search in files (accessed by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F).
It seems that Adobe is not going to support linux in the near future (see post here), unless there is an increase in numbers of linux users requesting support. This can be done via filling the following Adobe feature request form: Feature Request/Bug Report Form.
As an alternative, you may want to switch to Foxit or master pdf readers, who are actually faster to open and provide more free features than Adobe reader.
Ubuntu 16.10 on amd64 seems to require
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get -y install adobereader-enu
Without i386 in 64-bit env acroread gives file not found
and GTK errors, so run:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libsoup2.4-1:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386
sudo apt-get -y install libicu-dev:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386
This may be redundant as main bin is i386
sudo apt-get -y install gtk2-engines gtk2-engines-* libgtkmm-2.4-1c2 libcanberra-gtk-module
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.
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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2Some PDFs must be viewed with Adobe Reader, unfortunately... bsaefiling1.fincen.treas.gov/…– philshemAug 17, 2014 at 13:00
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I like Evince's speed, but its rendering (e.g. applying kerning) is rather sub par.– ᴠɪɴᴄᴇɴᴛNov 12, 2014 at 17:00
NOrbert's answer worked for me, but only when I added the --reinstall
option when installing the acroread package.
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ./AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
evince
, akaDocument Viewer
). Acrobat does have more features, but if all you want to do is read PDF files it shouldn't be necessary.