Can adobe reader run from 64-bit Ubuntu?

Question

I installed it but when I try to run it nothing shows.

On Adobe's requirements for Ubuntu page it says: "32-bit Intel® Pentium® processor or equivalent"

Can I infer from it that adobe reader doesn't run on 64-bit processors in Ubuntu?

Answer 1

Adobe Reader can run on 64-bit Ubuntu, but it's a 32-bit program, so you need to install the 32-bit version of the libraries it depends on. Since 12.04 Ubuntu uses the Multi Arch system to install dependencies like this.

First, install the 32-bit version of Adobe Reader's dependencies:

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386

Now we can install the 32-bit Acrobat Reader package downloaded from Adobe's Website:

sudo dpkg -i AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb

Answer 2

You'll need to run this command to get Adobe Reader to actually work:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs