How to Install Latest Acrobat Reader 9 I386 on Linux Debian 64bit

May 24, 2012 | By Duchateaux.

The Tutorial shows you How to Install the Latest Acrobat Player 32-bit on a Debian Amd64 Linux Architecture.
The Tutorial use the Debian 32-bit Emulated Mode like Delineated in this Useful Post.

Open a Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
Login as SuperUser
```
su 
```
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

Provide to Enable the Needed 32-bit Arch

dpkg --add-architecture i386

apt-get update

Download Latest Acrobat Reader .deb Package

Adobe Reader .deb

Adobe Reader Linux
Access the Downloaded .deb Archive
```
cd $HOME/Downloads
```
Give it the Execution Permissions.
```
cd  
```
```
chmod +x acroreader.deb
```
Install GDebi Package Installer.
```
sudo apt-get install gdebi
```
Install Adobe Acrobat Reader.
```
gdebi acroreader*.deb
```
To Start the Acrobat Reader from Terminal
```
./opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin/acroread
```
Possibly put the binary Into the Path with a Symlink
```
ln -s /opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin/acroread /usr/bin/acroread
```
After you should Verify that the Acrobat Reader is Into your Path by:
```
which acroread
```

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