Install
Adobe Reader for Ubuntu
If you installed software via my software installation scripts
then Acrobat 8 is installed. For Ubuntu Edgy and earlier Acrobat
is in the repositories.
The
ability to read a PDF file is pretty crucial these days. With
the release of Ubuntu Feisty and later Adobe Acrobat Reader is no longer
in the repositories. Ubuntnu's other PDF readers like Evince
and KPDF are functional but if you need greater functionality then Acrobat you will need.
If you wish to download the 32 or 64 bit version of Acrobat Reader 8 without all the below steps then click here.
Medibuntu has Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 in the repositories. To
get Acrobat Reader follow the instructions below. Note, if
you followed my procedure for DVD ripping and encrypted DVD playback
for Fesity you already have the repositories added so go directly to
the apt-get update part.
All
items in red are command
line items. Open a terminal and
copy-paste.
First we must get the gpg key from Medibuntu.
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update
Next we need to add the sources.list for your distribution. Choose the one that is appropriate for your distribution.
Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Ubuntu Hardy 8.04
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Update
Synaptic Package
Manager
sudo
apt-get update
Install Adobe
Acrobat Reader
sudo
apt-get install acroread
acroread-escript acroread-plugins mozilla-acroread
If you wish to
only have Acrobat Reader 8 then omit the last three from
the apt-get install statement above.
I hope this tutorial has helped.