Petar's comment does not work at all for me, on Ubuntu 13.10. After installing AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin I get the error error while loading shared libraries: libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'. So install install libgtk2.0.0:i386. However... sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies. libgtk2.0-0:i386 : Depends: libpangocairo-1.0-0:i386 (>= 1.28.3) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libpangoft2-1.0-0:i386 (>= 1.28.3) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. Hence, I go ahead and try to install libpangocairo-1.0-0:i386, which leads to other dependency errors. Going through the chain of depencies, I eventually try to install libgraphite2-3:i386. However, then the following occurs (see below), likely showing that I I should not go ahead... so no acrobat for me. sudo apt-get install libgraphite2-3:i386 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: adium-theme-ubuntu aglfn app-install-data apt-xapian-index apturl-common blt cdbs content-hub dh-translations duplicity empathy-common finger folks-common freerdp-x11 gedit-common gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 gir1.2-atspi-2.0 gir1.2-cogl-1.0 gir1.2-gck-1 gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0 gir1.2-json-1.0 gir1.2-polkit-1.0 gir1.2-syncmenu-0.1 gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 gir1.2-xkl-1.0 gjs gnome-shell-common gnome-video-effects gsettings-ubuntu-touch-schemas gstreamer0.10-gconf gstreamer0.10-nice gstreamer0.10-plugins-good ibus-pinyin-db-android intel-gpu-tools intltool laptop-detect libandroid-properties1 libblas-dev libbonoboui2-common libboost-program-options1.53.0 libbz2-dev libcaribou-common libcdr-0.0-0 libcontent-hub0 libcrypt-passwdmd5-perl libdmapsharing-3.0-2 libept1.4.12 libfarstream-0.1-0 libfolks-telepathy25 libfolks25 libfreerdp-plugins-standard libfreerdp1 libgee-0.8-2 libgflags2 libgjs0d libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-common libgoogle-glog0 libgpod-common libgpod4 libgsettings-qt1 libgtksourceview-3.0-common libhardware2 libhybris libhybris-common1 libjpeg-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev libjpeg8-dev liblapack-dev liblouis-data liblouis2 libmagick++5 libmeanwhile1 libmedia1 libminiupnpc8 libmirclient3 libmirplatform libmirprotobuf0 libmirserver7 libmission-control-plugins0 libmozjs-17.0-0 libmspub-0.0-0 libnatpmp1 libncurses5-dev libofono-qt1 libopencc1 liborcus-0.6-0 libprotoc7 libpurple-bin libpurple0 libqdjango-db0 libqmenumodel0 libqt5multimediaquick-p5 libqt5systeminfo5 libqt5xmlpatterns5 libqtassistantclient4 libqtwebkit4 libraw9 libreadline-dev libreadline6-dev libreoffice-java-common librsync1 libssh-4 libsync-menu1 libsystemsettings1 libtinfo-dev libubuntu-application-api-mirserver1 libubuntu-application-api1 libubuntu-location-service0 libubuntu-platform-hardware-api1 libubuntudownloadmanager1 libunity-mir1 libunwind8 libupstart-app-launch1 libusermetricsoutput1 libvisio-0.0-0 libvncserver0 libwhoopsie-preferences0 libwpd-0.9-9 libwpg-0.2-2 libwps-0.2-2 libwxbase2.8-0 libxml-parser-perl libzephyr4 maxima-doc maxima-src media-player-info mutter-common ofono perlmagick powerd protobuf-compiler python-configglue python-dateutil python-debtagshw python-dirspec python-lxml python-mako python-markupsafe python-matplotlib-data python-openssl python-pam python-protobuf python-pyinotify python-pyorbit python-pyparsing python-qt4 python-scour python-serial python-sip python-support python-tk python-twisted-bin python-twisted-core python-twisted-names python-twisted-web python-tz python-uniconvertor python-zope.interface python3-brlapi python3-cairo python3-gi-cairo python3-gnupg python3-louis python3-speechd qmenumodel-qml qtdeclarative5-dee-plugin qtdeclarative5-folderlistmodel-plugin qtdeclarative5-gsettings1.0 qtdeclarative5-qtmultimedia-plugin qtdeclarative5-systeminfo-plugin qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-content0.1 qtdeclarative5-unity-notifications-plugin qtdeclarative5-xmllistmodel-plugin r-doc-html remmina-common rhythmbox-data shotwell-common signon-plugin-password software-center-aptdaemon-plugins sqlite3 syslinux syslinux-common syslinux-legacy system-image-common system-image-dbus telepathy-gabble telepathy-haze telepathy-logger telepathy-mission-control-5 telepathy-salut tk8.5 transmission-common ttf-sil-gentium-basic ubuntu-download-manager ubuntu-extras-keyring ubuntu-keyboard-data ubuntu-mobile-icons ubuntu-touch-sounds ubuntu-wallpapers unity8-fake-env usb-creator-common usermetricsservice whoopsie-preferences Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.