Install Adobe Acrobat Reader DC on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy

Learn the simple steps to install Adobe’s Acrobat Reader DC using Wine on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy JellyFIsh Linux for reading PDF files.

Adobe’s Acrobat Reader DC is a program that allows us to open and read PDF files and even edit them. The basic version of Acrobat Reader is free of charge and can be easily downloaded from the Internet. However, with the free version of the program, you only have access to a subset of the available tools. To use features such as protecting and converting PDF files, you need the paid version of Adobe Acrobat.

Apart from it, users can use the program to add notes and markers to their documents, rearrange the pages within the file, or convert the file to a different format. It is also possible to protect your PDFs with a password or share them with other people with Acrobat Reader. The DC in Acrobat Reader stands for Document Cloud.

Since the reader in the DC version can be connected to cloud services, it is possible to access your files across different devices. But in addition to this function, the DC version offers other advantages compared to other programs. This makes it possible to use integrated text recognition to scan paper documents and convert them into PDFs.

It is available for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, however, unfortunately, Acrobat Reader DC’s developer i.e Adobe has discontinued the Linux version of adobe reader. Hence, we are left with one option which is using Wine to install Adobe’s Acrobat Reader DC on Linux such as Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Steps to install Adobe Reader DC on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

To install Acrobat reader here on Ubuntu 22.04 can be used for previous versions of this Linux such as 18.07/20.04 using the SNAP.

1. Requirements

To follow this tutorial, you must have system user access with sudo rights including an active internet connection to download the packages we required to set up Adobe reader.

 

2. Perform a system update

Although here we are planning to use SNAP therefore we don’t need to update our system, yet, it is a good practice to do if you haven’t for a while.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

 

3. Install Adobe reader on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

We cannot install Adobe reader directly on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS because it is not available in Debian binary format. Hence, we need to use Wine. However, the good thing we can use SNAP to install both Wine and Adobe reader in an isolated environment. Just use the given snap command on your Ubuntu Linux.

sudo snap install acrordrdc

 

4. Run the Acrobat PDF Reader

Once the installation is completed, run the Acrobat reader either from the Application launcher by clicking on its icon or using the command terminal. Here we are showing both methods.

Using Terminal:

acrordrdc
or 
acrordrdc &

Using GUI Application launcher:

Run Adobe Acrobat Reader Ubuntu linux

After running the Adobe reader you have to wait for a few minutes because the system needs some time to set up Wine properly on your system.

It will prepare the Windows compatibility layer and after that click the “Install” button to start the setup process.

Wine for Adobe reader

 

5. Installer Language

Select the language in which you want to download the Acrobat Reader Setup.

select Acrobat install language

 

6. Always open with protected mode disable

Due to some incompatibility issues, when the system asks you “Would you like to open Adobe Acrobat Reader with Protected Mode Disabled?” Select the option given for that and then click on the OK button.

Always Open in Protection mode disable

Wait for a few seconds and Accept the terms and conditions.

Accept termsn and conditions

 

7. Acrobat on Ubuntu 22.04

Here is the Acrobat Reader on your system in perfect working condition. You can start reading your PDF files using this program on Linux.

Install Adobe Acrobat Reader DC on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy

 

7. How to disable Acrobat reader future updates

(Optional) Automatic updates of Adobe reader may break or make the installation unstable until the developer of this Snap is not releasing the update. Therefore, you can disable the internet connection access of Acrobat using the given command, if you want.

sudo snap disconnect acrordrdc:network

 

8. Uninstall or Remove

If you are facing any issue with the program and want to completely remove the Adobe reader from your Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Linux, then here is the command to do that.

sudo snap remove acrordrdc

 

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2 thoughts on “Install Adobe Acrobat Reader DC on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy”

  1. I have the same problem … to me it looks like the snap environment built for Acrobat is really a shortcut solution and does care about all the potential system interface needs the Acrobat may have (like printing) … I bet there are more deficiencies if you press more …

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