25 responses to Ubuntu 13.10 Quick Tip: How to Install Adobe Reader

1. 

   evan October 18, 2013 at 8:12 pm

   This was super helpful… some stuff went wrong when upgrading to 13.10…now rebuilding everything. Thanks!
2. 

   nopcall October 26, 2013 at 4:39 pm

   64 bit system also need libxml2:i386
3. 

   Paulo Henrique November 13, 2013 at 12:11 am

   paulo@paulo-mccartney:~/Downloads$sudo dpkg -i –force-architecture AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb; sudo apt-get -f install
   …
   …
   Selecting previously unselected package libgtk2.0-0:i386.
   Unpacking libgtk2.0-0:i386 (from …/libgtk2.0-0_2.24.20-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) …
   Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/libx11-6_2%3a1.6.1-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
   E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

   I’m have a ubuntu 13.10 x64.
   Does anyone can help me?
   • 

     Daniel November 18, 2013 at 5:15 pm

     Read what nopcall wrote.

     To install libxml:i386 you need to do the following:

     sudo apt-get install libxml2:i386
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     Panda November 22, 2013 at 12:56 pm

     Use Gdebi, which is available in Ubuntu Software Center. This simple graphical tool makes things easier.
4. 

   Viktor Németh November 25, 2013 at 11:01 am

   Gdebi displays no error but simply quits while attempting to install. I have 32 bit version of ubuntu running.
5. 

   Rolen January 18, 2014 at 9:31 pm

   Thanks a lot. It’s been very useful for me
6. 

   cirux January 21, 2014 at 10:34 am

   I’m sorry but none of this methods worked for me, on Ubuntu 13.10
7. 

   Glenn January 26, 2014 at 4:52 am

   This worked for me:

   I downloaded this installer from Adobe.com

   
wget http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin


   Then, I added execute permission to the file I’ve downloaded.

   
chmod +x AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin


   Lastly, I ran the latter file as superuser.

   
sudo ./AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin


   You will be prompted for the install directory (which by default is set to /opt). Just hit return key. Then wait for the installer to finish.
   • 

     Terence January 28, 2014 at 5:56 am

     Thank you very much it work for my Ubuntu 13.10
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     Luis Alfredo Fonseca March 8, 2014 at 2:43 am

     Thanks Glenn. It works great on Ubuntu 13.10
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     Jose Maria July 27, 2015 at 1:51 pm

     great
8. 

   c4ifford February 10, 2014 at 9:42 pm

   Running into error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS6. I know what this means; however the question is do I need a 64bit version of adobe (don’t think they make one) or a 32 version of the lib?
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     nrzi1 February 26, 2014 at 3:56 pm

     You also need lib32stdc++6
9. 

   osman February 17, 2014 at 4:43 pm

   I got this type of message after I had followed the instructions by Glenn.
   Can anyone tell me what I need to do now?

   osman@osman-System-Product-Name:~/Desktop$ acroread lecture.pdf
   /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error while loading shared libraries: libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
10. 

    osman February 17, 2014 at 5:18 pm

    Fortunately I found the way how to fix it and it works for my 64-bit computer.

    1- you need to install the libraries for 32-bit for Adobe reader to function

    sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
    or
    sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch
    or
    sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-gtk

    2- If you get a message like ” Package ‘ia32-libs-gtk’ has no installation candidate”
    then try

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

    Hope that it works :)
    • 

      Bruno April 25, 2014 at 10:44 pm

      That last line fixed it for me in a fresh install of 14.04 on a 64-bit system.
    • 

      graham April 27, 2014 at 8:06 am

      Last line did the trick for me, too, in a fresh 14.04, after first installing using Adobe’s .bin file.
      Thanks.
11. 

    Michael O’Sullivan March 18, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    Complete noob here, please excuse elentary mistakes etc!

    I’m using 13.10 and I’ve tried both approaches outlined here (i.e. the 64-bit one described by Jim in the OP, as well as the Adobe installer technique described by Glen. I made sure to install the 32-bit libraries first.

    However, neither approach has worked.

    Can anyone tell me how to uninstall the package added by the Adobe installer please? apt-get uninstall and apt-get remove don’t ‘see’ the package at all!

    Thanks
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      Ji m March 18, 2014 at 1:03 pm

      Sorry to hear that this didn’t help.

      To remove adobe:

      1. if you were install the AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb file, run this in terminal:

      sudo dpkg -r APP_NAME

      Not sure the exact name, just type adobe and press TAB key to autocomplete the name.

      2. If you were instal the AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin file. Just remove the adobe folder from the install directory, by default its /usr/bin, @Glen was suggested to install in /opt.

      NOTE: you need to run below command to open your file browser with root privilege and then detele adobe. Don’t remove other system files except you know exactly what they are!

      gksudo nautilus
12. 

    Jarl Friis March 18, 2014 at 8:52 pm

    I needed to do a

    sudo aptitude install libxml2:i386 libstdc++6:i386

    Jarl
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      Michael O’Sullivan March 23, 2014 at 10:23 pm

      Jarl – that fixed it for me. Mucho thanko to you and others who helped.
    • 

      Sachin May 19, 2014 at 1:16 pm

      Thanks Jarl. That worked for me!!
13. 

    Merlinpilot March 31, 2014 at 3:53 am

    Osman – thank you for your information – this got Adobe working for me in 13.10.
14. 

    Merlinpilot March 31, 2014 at 12:08 pm

    Also thanks to all the other contribututors.