How Do I Install Adobe Acrobat in Ubuntu 16.04?

Question

I know the thread How do I install Adobe Acrobat Reader deb package downloaded from Adobe website? However, there is no Linux anymore in the installation site here. Unsuccessful attempts

I do DriraWassim's proposal which does not add anything to apt-get and does not show the installed .deb package in the path/search
```
sudo apt-get install libxml2:i386 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade 
apt-cache search adobereader-enu
```
I download the newest .deb package here and run it. I cannot find the application anywhere in the system. It is not in the path and not in Ubuntu's search. How can you start it?

System: Ubuntu 16.04, 64 bit
Hardware: Macbook Air 2013-mid
Linux kernel: 4.6

Accepted Answer

I followed the tips below on Kubuntu 16.04 64 bit:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb  precise partner"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install adobereader-enu

After properly installed Adobe Reader, don’t forget to remove the Canonical Partners repository for Precise:

sudo add-apt-repository -r "deb  precise partner"
sudo apt update

Answer 2

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For Adobe Reader 9.5.5 (running natively without Wine)

Don't add the Ubuntu 12.04 Partner repository, you're not really supposed to add repositories from previous Ubuntu versions! Get the Deb from here (source - it's also linked in the question), no it won't be automatically updated but since it's no longer supported (and Ubuntu can't patch security vulnerabilities for it in Ubuntu 12.04 anyway because it's proprietary) that doesn't matter. There's less of a chance you'll ruin your system if you get it this way.

If you can't find/run Adobe Reader, you will need to run sudo apt -f install to resolve dependencies. If it still doesn't work, try sudo apt install libxml2:i386.

This is, of course, a very outdated version of Adobe Reader, but this is not Ubuntu's fault, Adobe haven't updated the Linux client of Adobe Reader. You can, however, get a newer version using the process below (this installs a Windows version of Adobe Reader on Ubuntu).

How Do I Install Adobe Acrobat in Ubuntu 16.04?

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For Adobe Reader 9.5.5 (running natively without Wine)

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