Adobe Acrobat Reader is used to read/open PDF files, but wait debian buster already have Document Viewer to open PDF files then why do we need Acrobat Reader. None of the PDF viewer except Acrobat Reader in Linux is providing feature to validate signature, which we need sometimes to validate PDF documents. Just downloading AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb does not let you install Acrobat Reader directly on Debian Buster then how to do this?
Step : 1
First we require to add the i386 architecture using terminal command :
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386sudo apt-get update
Step : 2
Add library libxml2:i386 :
sudo apt-get install libxml2:i386
Step : 3
Download the Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) deb package here:
step : 4
Go to Downloads Folder and Install the deb package using terminal as follows :
cd ~/Downloadssudo dpkg -i AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
Terminal will through some error(s) but just avoid them and follow next step.
step : 5
Install the various dependencies require by the package (acroread) using following command.
sudo apt-get -f install
You are all set! Launch the Adobe Acrobat Reader from the terminal by :
acroread