Jotting #7 - Download Adobe Acrobat Reader Offline Installer

Cover image taken from the Adobe website.

Recently, when reinstalling my operating system, I needed a PDF viewer. Following my usual habit, I chose to install Adobe Acrobat Reader, only to discover that I could not find an offline installer for it. I realized this when I downloaded the Adobe Acrobat Reader installer and noticed that the file was only 1.55 MB, I thought that it was far smaller than the usual installer size. During installation, I found out it was an online installer, which is very inconvenient for users who prefer offline installation.

The online installer can be downloaded from https://get.adobe.com/tw/reader/.

After some searching online, I finally found the offline installer for Adobe Acrobat Reader at https://get.adobe.com/tw/reader/enterprise/. To avoid losing it in the future, I’m recording the link here.

These days, more and more familiar software no longer provides offline installers, but the open-source community has also produced many alternatives, giving users other ways to install or use similar tools. Although I have yet to find a program that fully replaces all the features of Adobe Acrobat Reader while remaining intuitive, smooth, and lag-free, I believe that in the near future, such lightweight tools will exist, allowing us to switch and use them effortlessly.