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Hello every
I have adobe reader 9 and now i want to install adobe reader 11
for the same purpose i run given command

    sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner"
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install acroread

but it gives
Setting up acroread-common (9.5.4-1precise1)
Noe how can done that donot have idea

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Short practical summary tied to the thread: is correct that there is no native Adobe Reader 11 for Linux — Adobe stopped active Linux Reader development and the last native Reader updates in the 9.x series (9.5.5) date from 2013. Given ’s real need is highlighting, switching to a Linux-native annotator is the simplest and safer path. (ubuntuhandbook.org)

Okular: how to highlight and make those highlights portable

  • Open the annotation/review toolbar (Tools → Annotations or press F6), choose the Highlighter (or a quick-annotation slot), and use the numeric shortcuts (1–9) or the toolbar buttons to apply highlights. You can right‑click a highlight to change color, opacity and type. To have other PDF viewers see your marks, save the annotated file into the PDF (File → Save or File → Save As…). Note that embedding annotations into a PDF requires a Poppler build new enough to support it and encrypted/DRM-protected PDFs may block saving. See Okular’s annotation docs for exact UI details. (docs.kde.org)

Troubleshooting and alternatives

  • If a recipient doesn’t see highlights, create a flattened copy (Print → Print to PDF or export/save-as PDF) so the markups are baked into page content. For pen/stylus or freehand notes, Xournal++ is designed for annotation and exports annotated pages to PDF (it stores editable work in .xopp and can export a final PDF). Some Okular-only annotation types (custom stamps, experimental features) may not be visible in older Acrobat builds — when in doubt, flatten before sharing. (xournalpp.github.io)

Quick install hint (example)
Install Okular from your distribution’s repositories (package name: okular). For Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install okular

References: Okular annotations documentation (https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/okular/okular/annotations.html). (docs.kde.org)

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According to the Adobe website, the latest version of Adobe Reader available for Linux is 9.5.4.
If you go to http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/otherversions/ and fill out the download form (select OS, language and version), the only downloads it lists for Linux are several versions of 9.5.4 in different package formats: .bin, .deb, .rpm, .tar.bz2.

So the version you installed via the Canonical partner repo (9.5.4) IS the latest version available for Linux.

If you are worried that Adobe Reader 9.5.4 is out of date or vulnerable to malicious exploits etc, you could always use one of the many other pdf viewers available for Linux instead: Okular, Evince, epdfview etc. And if you want to edit pdf's there are programs like pdfedit or libreoffice available that can do this too. All of the programs mentioned should be available in the repos of all Debian derived distros, so they should just be an apt-get install away. :)
Hope this is of some help to you!

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**As my measure requirement is to highlighter so I think Okular stands out as the best of the bunch, because its ability to comment on, highlight etc.
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