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How do I install Adobe Acrobat Reader in Ubuntu 14.04 using a Trusty apt repository?

This is NOT a duplicate of How do I install Adobe Acrobat Reader deb package downloaded from Adobe website?. In Synaptic > Repositories > Other software I enabled "Canonical Partners", but I still cannot install acroread as it is not available on my 64-bit system.

Here's the output from the console: 

root@liv-inspiron:/home/liv# apt-get install acroread
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package acroread
root@liv-inspiron:/home/liv# apt-get install acroread:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package acroread
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landroni
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It's a bit more manual to install Adobe Acrobat Reader in Ubuntu 14.04, but it's not hard.

Open a terminal.

Type:

cd ~/Downloads && wget -c http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb

That downloads the DEB file from Adobe and puts it into your Downloads folder. Next type:

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

That will install Adobe Acrobat Reader.

If you are on a 64 Bit machine, you may need to add the missing libraries that Nim mentioned: 

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libnss3-1d:i386 libnspr4-0d:i386 lib32nss-mdns libxml2:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libstdc++6:i386

If you want Acrobat Reader as your default application for PDF's, then type:

mimeopen -d *.pdf

It will display a list of programs (it displayed 3 for me). Select the number that has Acrobat Reader. It will open Acrobat Reader and say it can't open '*.pdf'. Ignore that error and close Adobe Reader. You should be set now.

UPDATE:

For 18.04, the i386 files get installed this way:

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libnss3:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnss-mdns libxml2:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libstdc++6:i386
G Trawo
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Instead of listing all dependencies explicitly, you could just do this:

sudo apt-get install -f

That will fix all unresolved dependencies automatically.

So the whole sequence of commands has to be like this:

cd ~/Downloads && wget -c http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
sudo dpkg -i AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
sudo apt-get install -f
Undespairable
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You can see from link : ubuntu-updates (see release column) that package acroread is not released for 14.04 (trusty) yet.

So, wait until added to Canonical partners repositories. Otherwise you can install old version. See similar question: Similar question for awn.

In that case I get same error for awn: E: Unable to locate package avant-window-navigator

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Pandya
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  1. Download Adobe Reader from: https://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/.

Select system: Linux, your language, Reader 9.5.5 for Linux (.deb)

  1. Install gdebi:
sudo apt-get install gdebi
  1. Install Adobe Reader via gdebi and accept the dependencies:
sudo gdebi PACKAGENAME.deb
  1. Install required libraries:
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libnss3-1d:i386 libnspr4-0d:i386 lib32nss-mdns libxml2:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libstdc++6:i386

Finally start Adobe Reader from Menu, Dash, or PDF files' context menu.

via: ubuntuhandbook.org

wjandrea
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Nim
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as of 2014-10-23 the answer is still "you don't" (or can't)

unlikely to ever happen, too.

last version of Acrobat reader for unix/linux is 9.5.5

This worked for me (the answer from undespairable on Aug 17 failed to install some needed packages) on Xubuntu 14.04

# as root (prefix with sudo if you are running as an unprivileged user)
apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libnss3-1d:i386 libnspr4-0d:i386 lib32nss-mdns libxml2:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libstdc++6:i386
apt-get install --reinstall gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386
cd /tmp && wget -c http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
dpkg -i AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb

after testing:

rm -rf /tmp/acroread_1000_1000
rm /tmp/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
Derek Shaw
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Try using the Terminal:

sudo apt-get install acroread

and if not working - use:

sudo apt-get install acroread:i386

Edit: First use following commands:

sudo apt-add-repository multiverse
sudo apt-get update
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aastefanov
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Today I tested the following successfully in a fresh install of kUbuntu 14.04.4 (an official Ubuntu flavor).

Add Canonical PPA

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner"

Update and Install

sudo aptitude update  
sudo aptitude install acroread

Works on kUbuntu 14.04 LTS
As of 30 April 2016, Doesnt work on the new kUbuntu 16.04 LTS

jtlindsey
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How I finally installed Acrobat Reader on Ubuntu 14.04 on a 64 Bit machine:

  1. I downloaded .deb version from adobe.com;

  2. Install the package using gedbi;

  3. Install the libraries: 

    sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libnss3-1d:i386 libnspr4-0d:i386 lib32nss-mdns libxml2:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libstdc++6:i386

Done!

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