Installing Acrobat Reader (Acroread) on Debian 10 Buster Linux HOWTO


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Installing Acrobat Reader (Acroread) on Debian 10 Buster Linux HOWTO

First we need to add the i386 architecture:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update

Then add libxml2:i386:

sudo apt-get install libxml2:i386

Download the Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) package here:

Install it as follows:

cd ~/Downloads
sudo dpkg -i  AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb

He may complain, but that's fine. Then type:

sudo apt-get -f install

and various dependencies will be installed. You should be able to run acroread from the prompt:

acroread

Acroread is still the only pdf reader that can correctly play animations (sequences of pdf images) on Debian Linux.

09.30.19

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