Nov
23
Update : These steps do not work in Ubuntu 7.10. An updated tutorial is available here: Installing Adobe’s Acrobat Reader on Ubuntu 7.10.
Recently I was asked how to install the Adobe Reader on Ubuntu. Personally I have always used the included Evince reader, as it has always served my purposed. However, as I found out, there are reasons why you may want to use the Adobe Reader. So, below are instructions for installing Adobe Reader (PDF) with Firefox Plugin:
sudo aptitude install acroread mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins
After installation is complete you should now have a copy of Adobe Reader available in “Applications > Office > Adobe Reader”. You will also need to restart Firefox for the plugin to take effect.
Adobe Reader support with SCIM
Note: If you have added additional language support (SCIM) you will have trouble with running Adobe Reader 7.0. There is a fix for this outlined below:
sudo gedit /usr/bin/acroread
Within that file change:
#!/bin/sh#
to:
#!/bin/sh#
GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
At this point Adobe Reader should work alongside additional language support (SCIM). In a later post I will outline how to associate Adobe Reader with Nautilus and also support for printing from Adobe.
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Please help!
after i write:
sudo aptitude install acroread mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins
I get the mesage:
Couldn’t find any package whose name or description matched “acroread”
Couldn’t find any package whose name or description matched “mozilla-acroread”
Couldn’t find any package whose name or description matched “acroread-plugins”
vidmar - it sounds like you’ll simply need to add the extra repositories for access to those. please see these tutorials for tips on that:
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/11/19/how-to-add-extra-repositories-ubuntu-510-6061-610/
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/02/07/5-steps-to-a-new-ubuntu-installation/
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