Adobe Acrobat Reader DC for Windows 7 and later
Application Details:
| Version: | DC |
| License: | Free to use |
| URL: | http://www.adobe.com/products/... |
| Votes: | 0 |
| Latest Rating: | Gold |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 5.0 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Opening PDFs and Viewing them
Filling and Saving PDF forms including XFA PDF forms (Forms downloaded form government websites)
Ability to add comments, typing on simple PDFs using the form tool, stamps
What does not
Cannot use the signature tool
Dialogues and preference screens do not have text
Workarounds
For the signature it's possible use an image of the signature and then just use the stamp tool to paste it. Not the most secure option but it's a choice
Dialogues and preference screens without text can be fixed by installing microsoft fonts, especially the sego* fonts.
What was not tested
I tested the basic functionality that 90% of people will use
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
I tested Adobe Reader DC Dec 2019 (19.021.20058)
I installed using PlayonLinux then changed wine version to 5.0
My emulated OS was Windows 7
All of this was installed on an Ubuntu 18.04 container which was itself running on Chrome OS.
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Current | Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" i386 (+variants like Kubuntu) | Feb 03 2020 | 5.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Harsh | |
| Show | CentOS 7 | Aug 13 2019 | 4.0.1 | No, but has workaround | Yes | Yes | Gold | GuL916 | |
| Show | Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" amd64 (+variants like Kubuntu) | Apr 13 2019 | 3.0.5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Steve Hubbard | |
| Show | zz Do not use | Nov 27 2018 | 3.21-staging | No, but has workaround | Yes | Yes | Gold | Konstantin L | |
| Show | openSUSE Tumbleweed (rolling release) | Aug 01 2018 | 3.13 | No, but has workaround | Yes | Yes | Silver | Maik Wagner |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
| 3548 | .lnk file is created on the desktop together with the program icon... | NEW | View | |
| 12501 | Multiple application installers need mspatcha.dll ApplyPatchToFileA/W implementation (Microsoft Delta Compression API) | NEW | View | |
| 45549 | Adobe Acrobat Reader DC - Save as Dialogue displays an empty window | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 47953 | Adobe Reader DC fails to load files | NEEDINFO | View |
Submitting this installation guide for someone new to wine:
This is the only software that allows users to properly fill out XFA PDF forms. These forms are used by a lot of government agencies and other organizations. You cannot use the mobile versions of Adobe Reader to fill these forms either. You need a windows or Mac version to do this.
On Linux installing the windows Version of Adobe reader on wine allows you to get this ability.
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by Raycekar on Monday February 8th 2021, 19:10
by Harsh on Tuesday February 9th 2021, 15:26
by Raycekar on Sunday February 14th 2021, 14:35
by Raycekar on Sunday February 14th 2021, 14:36
by Ralph Wigzell on Sunday February 7th 2021, 0:24
My OS is Ubuntu 20.04 w/Cinnamon
1. Goto webpage www.playonlinux.com/en/app-2653-Adobe_Acrobat_Reader_DC.html
2. Click on "Source code" in the first (latest) post.
3. Copy the code to Text Editor or Gedit.
4. Save it as Adobe_Reader_DC.sh and then make it executable in the file properties window. (I saved mine in PlayOnLinux's virtual drives folder)
6. Run PlayOnLinux
7. Make sure Wine version 4.0.3 is available in the Tools>>> Manage Wine versions (I installed both 386 and X64)
8. Goto Tools>>> Run a local script, find your script and run it. It will install Adobe Reader, just click on yes, next, etc to all dialogs. It will also offer to install Mono, you should accept this.
9. Once the installation is complete you must download and install Windows fonts to usr/shared/fonts if you don't have them already.
10. Download the zip file to your downloads folder, I used this link : www.w7df.com/p/windows-7.html
11. Extract the file and copy it as is to usr/shared/font using Nautilus as superuser. To do so, type "sudo nautilus" in a terminal.
12. You should now find Adobe Acrobat Reader DC in your menu and it should work as described above.
by Harsh on Tuesday February 9th 2021, 15:29
by Ralph Wigzell on Wednesday February 10th 2021, 14:09
I have tried your latest method with AcroRdrDC1901020099_en_US.exe but I must have the wrong settings in PlayOnLinux as it fails to install.
by sildeag on Thursday October 1st 2020, 19:08
by Carlos Salvador Pérez Salgado on Wednesday April 15th 2020, 23:04
I could successfully install Acrobat Reader through wine as following:
winetricks atmlib
winetricks riched20
winetricks wsh57
winetricks mspatcha
Get the Windows 7 fonts, especially the sego* fonts.
for ex. from here www.w7df.com/7/download.html
Copy the them in /usr/share/fonts
execute command in a terminal:
sudo fc-cache -vf
After successful installation, at start up, select "always start with protected mode disabled" (not possible in wine)
Found solution here: askubuntu.com/questions/1069103/missing-fonts-in-acrobat-reader-in-wine
by albert on Sunday February 14th 2021, 11:54
Thanks!
by Satpal on Sunday March 29th 2020, 1:12
A big thank you . You saved my day.
Satpal