Jun 20, 2018 The objective is to install the latest version of Adobe Reader on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux desktop using Wine. Operating System and Software Versions. Operating System: - Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver; Software: - wine-3.0, Acrobat Reader DC 2018; Requirements Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.
I'm trying to install Adobe Reader 9 on Ubuntu 10. I'd be happiest to apt-get install something, but I'm not picky. I downloaded a file from the web site, but neither I nor Ubuntu knew what to do with it.
What is the easiest way to get this done?
Eric WilsonEric Wilson4 Answers
Ubuntu 10 is also called Lucid, not Karmic as Dennis put in his example, so put the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list
Run:
bclermontbclermontEdit:
You'll need to uncomment the following line in /etc/apt/sources.list first:
Just edit that file and remove the # at the beginning of the line.
You can get a deb from http://get.adobe.com/reader/, double-click it and press the Install package button. Also you can use the command line sudo dpkg -i the_file_you_downloaded.deb.
Why not trying the application manager?Go to applications(on the left top of your screen), then click application manager, and there you can install almost everything without even having to visit the website or anything. Just type reader, pdf or something and it will come up with adobe reader and probably some other programs that do the exact same thing.Application manager is always good place to start...
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Currently Adobe Acrobat Reader for Linux is at version 9.5.5. Does anybody know when Adobe is going to release a version 10 or 11 and have the ability to use a Reader Extension enabled PDF file?
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Never would be the safest guess. Their Linux support has always been terrible, and I don't ever expect that to change. I've found Adobe Acrobat Reader to be quite impressively slow and resource hungry, so finding an alternative may be in your best interest anyway. I wouldn't be surprised if they just gave up on delivering a reader for the platform.
Have you tried Okular (KDE) or Evince (Gnome)? I'm not familiar with Reader Extension enabled PDF files, but from a Google search, it appears to just enable a few useful pro features. On the first PDF form that I found (Form W-4 2014), Okular let me fill it in and run a 'Save As...' to retain all my information, however the file did give me an warning/error 'This document has XFA forms, which are currently **unsupported**.' Okular also supports commenting/markup, but I'm not sure about the other features.
I'm running Linux Mint 16 KDE, and don't want to install a dozen packages just to test Evince.
UpdatePDF Studio (paid application w/ free trial) is supposed to support static XFA forms, among many other Acrobat Pro level features. They have a Linux version and plans to support LiveCycle XFA forms in version 10 or 11 (currently on 9).