It's a bit more manual to install Adobe Acrobat Reader in Ubuntu 14.04, but it's not hard.
Open a terminal.
Type:
cd ~/Downloads && wget -c http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
That downloads the DEB file from Adobe and puts it into your Downloads folder.
Next type:
sudo dpkg -i AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
That will install Adobe Acrobat Reader.
If you are on a 64 Bit machine, you may need to add the missing libraries that Nim mentioned:
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libnss3-1d:i386 libnspr4-0d:i386 lib32nss-mdns libxml2:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libstdc++6:i386
If you want Acrobat Reader as your default application for PDF's, then type:
mimeopen -d *.pdf
It will display a list of programs (it displayed 3 for me). Select the number that has Acrobat Reader. It will open Acrobat Reader and say it can't open '*.pdf'. Ignore that error and close Adobe Reader. You should be set now.
UPDATE:
For 18.04, the i386 files get installed this way:
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libnss3:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnss-mdns libxml2:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libstdc++6:i386
I followed the tips below on Kubuntu 16.04 64 bit:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install adobereader-enu
After properly installed Adobe Reader, don’t forget to remove the Canonical Partners repository for Precise:
sudo add-apt-repository -r "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner"
sudo apt update
Best Answer
Go into a terminal and issue the following command in the directory where the bin file is,
Then run it by writing
If you get a permission error and/or you're dealing with an installer that applies system-wide changes you might have to launch your application with root privileges: