How to install Adobe Reader for Linux on Linux Mint or Ubuntu

Download the last Linux version of Adobe Acrobat Reader from the archives of Adobe after opening a terminal window and enter:
$ wget ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb <enter>

To install open a terminal window and enter:
$ sudo apt-get install ./AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb <enter>

A word of caution that it may be outdated and unpatched.