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How do I install Adobe Acrobat reader without the download manager?
Alfredo
Posted 2011-03-22T11:53:06.900
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How do I install Adobe Acrobat reader without the download manager?
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You can download the standalone installations of many Adobe products from their FTP site - ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/.
For Acrobat Reader specifically you can download 10.0.1 for Windows (the current latest) here - ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.0.1/en_US/AdbeRdr1001_en_US.exe
edusysadmin
Posted 2011-03-22T11:53:06.900
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Current/future full versions can be found below ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/ You'll be able choose your OS from there and then version. – marklark – 2016-02-11T22:39:02.220
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I prefer SumatraPDF over the others it is extremely lightweight and free. I did use Foxit in the past but it became to bloated for me.
Riguez
Posted 2011-03-22T11:53:06.900
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Whilst true, I'm not sure suggesting an alternative reader is that helpful. I would expect someone on superuser know adobe isn't the only pdf viewer in the world. This would probably merit a comment but not an answer. – Caltor – 2015-04-13T21:33:13.040
I use Sumatra for years now and it is exactly what everyone needs: Open and View PDFs very fast. I can really recommend it and you can forget the Adobe Reader. – FiveO – 2013-07-09T11:20:56.150
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Burt
Posted 2011-03-22T11:53:06.900
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Why not just point out that http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows always has a link to the latest version (as well as archive versions). In any case you need to provide more information than just a link or your answer wil be closed.
– DavidPostill – 2015-07-30T09:41:41.850Welcome to Super User! Please quote the essential parts of the answer from the reference link(s), as the answer can become invalid if the linked page(s) change. – DavidPostill – 2015-07-30T09:42:17.420
@DavidPostill - I need a full installer to put on a non-Internet-connected PC. And I don't really fit the bill for a re-distributor... The .com/support/downloads link gives you a stub application that serves as a downloader/installer... – marklark – 2016-02-10T21:15:11.747
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Current/future full versions can be found below ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/
You'll be able choose your OS from there and then version.
(They make a lot of software and starting at the top of 'ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe' can get you side-tracked by a link to 'acrobatreader' which has versions up to around v5.0)
marklark
Posted 2011-03-22T11:53:06.900
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1This might be more appropriate as a comment on edusysadmin's answer since it's more of an improvement to that answer than a different solution. – fixer1234 – 2016-02-10T21:31:48.963
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I don't think you can. If you just want to read PDFs you could get something like Foxit Reader.
(I am not affiliated with Foxit)
jho
Posted 2011-03-22T11:53:06.900
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I have been asking myself the same question many times. Adobe used to have acrobat available as a standalone download on their FTP site, but it seems they have pulled it. – Majenko – 2011-03-22T12:04:23.467
My problem is that 'download manager' doesn't work through the corporate firewall. The FTP site does the trick! – John M – 2011-04-18T16:11:04.717
Very inane to password protect the download. It is blocked by corporate firewalls and searching google leads to non-adobe software – mplungjan – 2011-10-05T09:43:21.693