adobe-acrobat-reader 26.001.21662 repeatedly fails to install

[rgoldberg]

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Description of issue

adobe-acrobat-reader 26.001.21662 repeatedly fails to install.

$ brew reinstall --cask --force adobe-acrobat-reader
==> Would reinstall 1 cask:
adobe-acrobat-reader
==> Fetching downloads for: adobe-acrobat-reader
✔︎ Cask adobe-acrobat-reader (26.001.21662)    Verified    713.0MB/713.0MB
==> Installing Cask adobe-acrobat-reader
==> Running installer for adobe-acrobat-reader with `sudo` (which may request your password)...
Password:
installer: Package name is Adobe Acrobat Reader
installer: Installing at base path /
installer: The install failed. (The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. An error occurred while running scripts from the package “AcroRdrDC_2600121662_MUI.pkg”.)
==> Purging files for version 26.001.21662 of Cask adobe-acrobat-reader
Error: Failure while executing; `/usr/bin/sudo -u root -E LOGNAME=user USER=user USERNAME=user -- /usr/sbin/installer -pkg /opt/homebrew/Caskroom/adobe-acrobat-reader/26.001.21662/AcroRdrDC_2600121662_MUI.pkg -target /` exited with 1. Here's the output:
installer: Package name is Adobe Acrobat Reader
installer: Installing at base path /
installer: The install failed. (The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. An error occurred while running scripts from the package “AcroRdrDC_2600121662_MUI.pkg”.)

Relevant casks

adobe-acrobat-reader

[SMillerDev]

Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.

We can't really help you here, you should ask Adobe

[bevanjkay]

Make sure the acrobat is fully closed before upgrading and try again, if you haven't tried that already