Cannot install Acrobat Reader on Ubuntu 12.04.1

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Published on 2012-09-17T18:02:28Z Indexed on 2012/09/20 15:51 UTC
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I have been trying to install Acrobat Reader on my Ubuntu 12.04.1. In the be;ggining, I tried to install it from the software-center, but it crashes with the report:

(Reading database ... 189311 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking acroread (from .../acroread_9.5.1-1precise1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_9.5.1-1precise1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/acroread', which is also in package adobereader-ptb 8.1.7-2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_9.5.1-1precise1_i386.deb"

As as solution, I tried to install it via terminal, with the

$sudo apt-get install acroread

and receive the following:

arcanjo@arcanjo:~$ sudo apt-get install acroread
Lendo listas de pacotes... Pronto
Construindo árvore de dependências       
Lendo informação de estado... Pronto
Pacotes sugeridos:
  libldap2 libgnome-speech7
Os NOVOS pacotes a seguir serão instalados:
  acroread
0 pacotes atualizados, 1 pacotes novos instalados, 0 a serem removidos e 0 não atualizados.
É preciso baixar 60,1 MB de arquivos.
Depois desta operação, 142 MB adicionais de espaço em disco serão usados.
Obter:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise/partner acroread i386 9.5.1-1precise1 [60,1 MB]
Baixados 60,1 MB em 4min 17s (234 kB/s)                                        
(Lendo banco de dados ... 189311 ficheiros e directórios actualmente instalados.)
Desempacotando acroread (de .../acroread_9.5.1-1precise1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: erro processando /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_9.5.1-1precise1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 a tentar sobre-escrever '/usr/bin/acroread', que também está no pacote adobereader-ptb 8.1.7-2
Nenhum relatório apport escrito pois MaxReports já foi atingido
Processando gatilhos para desktop-file-utils ...
Processando gatilhos para bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processando gatilhos para gnome-menus ...
Processando gatilhos para man-db ...
Erros foram encontrados durante o processamento de:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/acroread_9.5.1-1precise1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
arcanjo@arcanjo:~$

I've already tried to upgrade and update the apt-get, also tried to remove and re-install the software-center, tried deleting the "problematic" files and re-updating the apt-get... Nothing seems to work... Any solutions?

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