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my update manager is not working and showing the message 

E:The package adobereader-enu:i386 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
Braiam
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Reinstalling the corresponding package will solves your problem. Try the below command to reinstall the package mentioned in the error report.

sudo apt-get install --reinstall adobereader-enu:i386
Avinash Raj
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Adobe Reader is not available in the Trusty repos currently. How did you install it to begin with? As that may affect future attempts. You can download the file directly from the Adobe website, but it doesn't appear to be compatible with 14.04. I was able to install it, but it wouldn't launch. The steps I used are below should you wish to obtain the package. I would suggest waiting for an updated version to be released.

Steps:

Step #1

In terminal type wget ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb.

Step #2 (Optional)

In terminal type sudo apt-get install gdebi. [You can use whatever package manager you want (eg Ubuntu Software Center), but for ease my instructions use gdebi.]

Step #3

In nautilus browse to the folder you saved the .deb to, right click, and choose open with gdebi. Now click install. You will receive an error regarding adobereader-enu which depends on libgtk2.0-0.

Step #4

In terminal type sudo apt-get install -f. You should now have all the required dependencies including libgtk2.0-0. The installation should complete successfully, but Adobe Reader won't launch.

Notes:

  • I tested this on Ubuntu - Desktop X86-64 the results may differ for Ubuntu - Desktop X86-32.

  • Even though it won't launch you can tell it's installed because you will have an icon for it in your applications area, and if you type gksu acroread in terminal you will get the typical "adobe reader doesn't require sudo" warning.

  • Error received when attempting to launch Adobe Reader

/opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error while loading shared libraries: libxml2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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