Pdf reader that supports XFA forms (while Adobe Reader for Linux is not supported anymore)?
Master PDF Editor for Linux has a free and a commercial version, and even the free version has many advanced features, among which "Dynamic XFA form support".
Playonlinux has an option to install Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. But oddly, only letting PoL download and install the program works, while when selecting the latest version (
AcroRdrDC1700920044_en_US
) of theexe
file previously downloaded locally the installation fails with an error. I have noticed this on several occasions, and also that PoL installs a different older version: 2015.010.20056.In Ubuntu-16.04-systems the method of installing Adobe Reader 9 for 14.04 (link) still works.
As suggested in Chris' answer, the newer versions of Evince/GNOME Document Viewer, can better handle XFA files, and good enough for the file in question - tested version 3.24.0.
Had a .pdf form with XFA fields I couldn't fill in. Downloaded and installed Master-pdf, free version:
master-pdf-editor-4.2.12_qt5.amd64.deb
Did the trick, at least with the form I needed. I'm running:
$ uname -a
Linux debianHP 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2+deb8u1 (2017-06-18) x86_64 GNU/Linux
evince works for some XFA files. I just tried it on two and it worked just fine on one, but with the other I got a page that said to download Adobe Reader.