Install Adobe PDF Reader on Ubuntu Edgy
Adobe Reader has become the standard for reading ebooks and documentation online. For Windows, there are 3rd party readers like FoxIt that can be substituted, but on Linux, the best choice is still Adobe Reader.
Before you install, you will want to make sure that you have selected the Multiverse repository.
To install just Adobe Reader, open up a terminal window and type in the following command:
sudo apt-get install acroread
If you want to install Adobe Reader as well as the plug-in for Firefox, then use this line instead:
sudo apt-get install acroread mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins
If you are reading this in Firefox, you may want to restart Firefox for the plug-in to start working.
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Even with multi-verse enabled, apt couldn't find acroread for me.
No Problem here, worked as described. Thank you.
Here it is ok too!
Could not find it in the fiesty repo's. But did download from adobe website and installed using this command: "sudo ./INSTALL" while in the extracted folder. Now That it is installed can someone write up a how-to to remove if we decide we do not want it? Since it is not in the repo's, I cannot remove using apt.
Multi-verse is enabled, apt couldn't find acroread for me.
This alternative worked for me :
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-.....-fawn.html
Using medibuntu Repository
Medibuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) is a repository of packages that cannot be included into the Ubuntu distribution for legal reasons (copyright, license, patent, etc).
Add gpg key using the following command
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Edit sources.list with new repo data
sudo wget http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/s.....eisty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Update the source list using the following command
sudo apt-get update
Install acrobat reader with firefox plugin in Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install acroread mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins
This will complete the installation
If you want top open acrobat reader go to Applications -> Office -> Adobe Reader
worked, kudos to david
I downloaded and installed the acroread program using both the stand-alone application and the browser plugin and I have no idea where it is in the computer! I downloaded an ebook from the library and when I am asked what to open it with I don't know where to steer the file manager. Please help! Thanks in advance.
It is broken….
root@spider:~# apt-get install acroread
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn't find package acroread
root@spider:~# sudo apt-get install acroread mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn't find package acroread
root@spider:~#
Acrobat Reader only exists in ubuntu dapper & edgy.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi.....elease=all
It works pretty nicely….
Just check this page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu … since the command options changes for every new release of ubuntu
These comments show a gap in the Ubuntu's usability. This weakness will need to be addressed to bring Ubuntu up to the level of air-tight usability that is required for it to truly go mainstream.
1. Combine the various installation methods into a single method
2. Allow users to easily download files as they do in windows and install, uninstall them with point and click
It makes no sense to have add/remove on the applications menu, also have the synaptic package manager (ugh! What an unfriendly name!), and then have the additional headache of adding repositories to it. The very word "repository" chases off non-technical users.
Instead, what Ubuntu users will respond to is a link on a web site that says "Download for Ubuntu" which allows them to save a file in a location they choose - just like in Windows - then click the icon and have the installer fire up and take care of everything for them, including leaving an uninstall routine in the "remove" item.
The current multiple method approach and technical jargon is a turn-off for many and scares them away from Ubuntu.
Worked Great…..
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