it’s still possible to run the old proprietary Adobe Reader on Linux, although it is 32-bit
enable i386 architecture first
dpkg --add-architecture i386 apt update
then proceed with the binary package
wget ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
apt install libgtk2.0-0:i386 dpkg -i AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb apt-get -f install systemctl stop network-manager.service systemctl disable network-manager.service systemctl list-unit-files | grep network-manager which acroread
apt install libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 libatk-bridge2.0-0:i386 libatk-adaptor:i386 libgail-common:i386 libxml2:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 dpkg -L adobereader-enu | grep bin
apt install gdebi gdebi AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
here’s a trick I use to convert slides to A4 (9 slides per page)
^P Printer // Properties double sided printing / long edge page size / A4 resolution / ... Page Handling // Page Scaling multiple pages per sheet pages per sheet: 9 page order: horizontal Orientation // (best fit)
in case you get rid of the package some day, do not forget to
dpkg --get-selections | grep i386
apt-get remove --purge `dpkg --get-selections | grep i386 | awk '{print $1}'`
dpkg --remove-architecture i386
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/3505/how-to-install-adobe-acrobat-reader-in-debian
https://askubuntu.com/questions/66875/how-to-disable-multiarch-support