How To Install Acrobat Reader Using PowerShell

# Define the GitHub API URL for the app manifests in winget-pkgs.
$apiUrl = "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/winget-pkgs/contents/manifests/a/Adobe/Acrobat/Reader/64-bit"

# Fetch version folders then filter only version folders.
$versions = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $apiUrl -Headers @{ 'User-Agent' = 'PowerShell' }
$versionFolders = $versions | Where-Object { $_.type -eq "dir" }

# Extract and sort version numbers to get the latest version.
$sortedVersions = $versionFolders | ForEach-Object { $_.name } | Sort-Object {[version]$_} -Descending -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$latestVersion = $sortedVersions[0]

Write-Host "Latest Adobe Acrobat Reader version: $latestVersion."

# Get contents of the latest version folder to find the .installer.yaml file.
$latestApiUrl = "$apiUrl/$latestVersion"
$latestFiles = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $latestApiUrl -Headers @{ 'User-Agent' = 'PowerShell' }
$installerFile = $latestFiles | Where-Object { $_.name -like "*.installer.yaml" }

# Download and parse YAML content to get the Url of the latest installer file.
$yamlUrl = $installerFile.download_url
$yamlContent = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $yamlUrl -Headers @{ 'User-Agent' = 'PowerShell' }
$null = ($yamlContent -join "`n") -match "InstallerUrl:\s+(http.*)"
$installerUrl = $Matches[1]

Write-Host "Downloading installer from: $installerUrl"

# Download the latest installer to the temp folder.
$webClient = [System.Net.WebClient]::new()
$webClient.DownloadFile($installerUrl, "$env:TEMP\Adobe.Acrobat.Reader-latest.exe")

# Start the install process.
Start-Process -FilePath "$env:TEMP\Adobe.Acrobat.Reader-latest.exe" -ArgumentList '-sfx_nu /sAll /rs /msi' -Wait

# Delete the downloaded installer file.
Remove-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\Adobe.Acrobat.Reader-latest.exe" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Write-Host "Adobe Acrobat Reader installation completed."