Objective
The objective is to install Adobe Acrobat Reader on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux.
Please note that Adobe no longer supports Acrobat Reader for Linux. The latest native Linux version is 9.5.5 dated from 26/04/2013. From this reason you should refrain using/installing Adobe Acrobat Reader if possible to avoid potential vulnerabilities and hacker exploits.
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
- Software: – Adobe Reader 9.5.5
Requirements
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.
Difficulty
EASY
Conventions
- # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudocommand - $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
Instructions
Install all Prerequisites
Open up terminal and enter the following linux command to install all your prerequisites:
$ sudo apt install gdebi-core libxml2:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 libatk-adaptor:i386
Download Adobe Acrobat Reader
Next, download Adobe Acrobat Reader deb package:
$ wget ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
Install Adobe Acrobat Reader
Finally, to install Adobe Acrobat Reader on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux execute the following code. Press y when prompted:
$ sudo gdebi AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
Start Adobe Acrobat Reader
You can now start Adobe Acrobat Reader from your terminal using command:
$ acroread
or alternatively by searching GUI start menu and clicking on an appropriate menu:
