Adobe Reader on Ubuntu 10.4

Adobe Reader is installed on Ubuntu 10.4.

[0]
Go to the Adobe downloads page. The current link is
http://get.adobe.com/reader/
The page suggests to download the Linux, English Adobe Reader.
The current version is AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.bin.

[1]
On console (password should be set where required):

[prompt] sudo cp /home/<where_downloaded>/AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.bin /opt/AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.bin

[prompt] cd /opt

[2]
[prompt] sudo chmod a+x AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.bin

[prompt] sudo ./AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.bin

Extracting files, please wait. (This may take a while depending on the configuration of your machine)

This installation requires 145 MB of free disk space.

Enter installation directory for Adobe Reader 9.4.2 [/opt] 
/opt

Installing platform independent files ... Done
Installing platform dependent files ... Done
Setting up libraries ... Done
Setting up desktop and menu icons ... Done
Setting up the browser plugin ... Done

[prompt] /opt/adobe$

[3] 
The suggested installation directory /opt is chosen. The program is installed in  
/opt/Adobe/Reader9/

On the desktop and in the Applications/Office group the link (icon) to the Adobe Reader appears.