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Jayden W.
Asked: 2020-08-02 11:43:46 +0800 CST

How to get latest version of acrobat reader (not acrobat reader 9)

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I am using acrobat reader 9 and I notice that this version is from 2013! I am wondering how I can get the LATEST version of acrobat reader in Ubuntu 20.04

adobe 20.04

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You have already know about native 9.5.5 which is old.

    The other option is to install Acrobat Reader using Wine. Also we know that it fails to access files from /tmp while using acrordrdc snap package.

    So we need to install it manually using Wine and PlayOnLinux. Below is how:

    1. Install PlayOnLinux

      sudo apt-get install playonlinux

    2. Launch PlayOnLinux

    3. Click Install, enter acrobat into the search field

    4. Select Adobe Acrobat Reader DC for installation

    5. Proceed with one of the following:

    6. Wait wizard to finish.

    7. To get all fonts and remove visual artifacts save the code below to some file - for example ~/Downloads/acrordrc2020.pol with contents below

      #!/usr/bin/env playonlinux-bash

[ "$PLAYONLINUX" = "" ] && exit 0
source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"

TITLE="Adobe Acrobat Reader DC"
PREFIX="AdobeAcrobatReaderDC"
WINEVERSION="4.0.3"
EDITOR="Adobe Systems Inc."
GAME_URL="https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/products/pdf-reader.html"
AUTHOR="Martins Bruvelis, N0rbert (to support ARDC 2020)"

POL_SetupWindow_Init
POL_Debug_Init

POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "$EDITOR" "$GAME_URL" "$AUTHOR" "$PREFIX"

# select prefix
POL_System_TmpCreate "$PREFIX"
POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"

# setup prefix
POL_Wine_InstallFonts
POL_Call POL_Install_atmlib
POL_Call POL_Install_corefonts
#POL_Call POL_Install_allfonts
POL_Call POL_Install_wsh57
POL_Call POL_Install_mspatcha
POL_Call POL_Install_riched30
POL_Call POL_Install_riched20
POL_Call POL_Install_gdiplus
POL_Call POL_Install_FontsSmoothRGB
POL_Call POL_Install_d3dx11
POL_Call POL_Install_d3dx10
POL_Call POL_Install_directx9

POL_Wine_WaitBefore "$TITLE"
POL_Wine_WaitExit "$TITLE"

POL_SetupWindow_Close
exit

    8. In the PlayOnLinux window select Tools → Run a local script and specify path to it (~/Downloads/acrordrc2020.pol), confirm its execution and wait it to finish.

    9. Set file association for PDF file with Acrobat in PlayOnLinux by choosing Settings → File Associations, then click New, enter .pdf and associate it with Acrobat in the bottom of window.

    10. Open file manager, select PDF file and use Open With to get it opened using newly installed Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.

    11. Enjoy:

      ARDC2020

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  2. might try :

    :~$ sudo snap install acrordrdc
:~$ acrordrdc

    Source : How to Install Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (WINE) on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa Linux

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  3. You already have the latest version. There is no newer one. Adobe stopped supporting Linux many, many years ago.

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