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I installed Acrobat reader on Debian 11/Bullseye following instructions from here

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libxml2:i386

Download the Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) package here: ​ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb

​Install it as follows:

cd ~/Downloads
sudo dpkg -i  AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
sudo apt-get -f install
acroread

When I run acroread from the terminal, I get the following error:

opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error while loading shared libraries: libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I followed instructions in this ubuntu forum and added i386 architecture (which is already done above):

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

I understood that I need to install ia32-libs, which in debian is done as per this

dpkg --add-architecture i386  
apt-get update
apt-get install libc6:i386

Also followed advice to install libc6-i386 in the same thread.

But still get the error:

/opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error while loading shared libraries: libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Please advice how to solve and any pointers will be greatly appreciated

Mahesh
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I simply had to install the i386 package for libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:

sudo apt-get install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386

Now acroread runs fine.

Mahesh
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  • This additional step was also required on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS and it resolved the issue described by the O.P. – lawlist Oct 17 '22 at 18:25
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Yeah ! After quite a few trials and errors, this is how i could install acrobat reader on Ubuntu 22.04 :

$ wget ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb 
$ sudo dpkg -i AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb 
$ sudo apt-get install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386

At some point i also did

$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

(but not sure that last line is required)

JLuc
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