I had to adapt Saurus's workaround slightly:
Instead of using this in the console:
sudo dpkg -P acroread-debian-files acroread acroread-escript acroread-dictionary-de acroread-l10n-de
I had to use this:
sudo dpkg -P acroread-debian-files acroread acroread-fonts acroread-dictionary-en acroread-l10n-en
I had to adapt Saurus's workaround slightly:
Instead of using this in the console:
sudo dpkg -P acroread- debian- files acroread acroread-escript acroread- dictionary- de acroread-l10n-de
I had to use this:
sudo dpkg -P acroread- debian- files acroread acroread-fonts acroread- dictionary- en acroread-l10n-en