How to install Adobe PDF Reader 8.1.1 with Plug-in for Mozilla Firefox in Gutsy Gibbon
Posted by admin on December 17th, 2007 
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Several other PDF-editing programs allow some minimal editing and adding of features to documents, and come with other
modules including a printer driver to create PDF files.
In Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Acrobat Reder is not in Main Repositories because of licensing issues so you need to install using one of the following methods
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://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Update the source list using the following command
sudo apt-get update
Install acrobat reader 8.1.1 with firefox plugin in Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install acroread mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins
This will complete the installation of acrobat reader version 8.1.1
If you want to open acrobat reader go to Applications -> Office -> Adobe Reader
Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen here you need to click on accept the license
Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen
Acrobat reader Version Details
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December 17th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Hi, this method does not work well with amd64. Adobe complains of missing libgtkembedmoz. Have to install the 23 libraries for that too. Anyway evince is a native and wonderful alternative.
December 17th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Problem solved! I think. I searched for libgtkembedmoz.so in my files and found it at /usr/lib/firefox. I opened Adobe Reader to Edit => Preferences => Internet and specified /usr/lib/firefox for libgtkembedmoz.so source.
December 18th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Are you able to print using Acrobat 8?
I keep getting a “foomatic-rip failed, error status 3″ error, and it does not print.
December 31st, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Printing system with cups and hp print doesnt work with acrobat 8…
January 18th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
I can’t seem to access http://www.medibuntu.org. Has this changed or is it temporarily down ?
Thanks for this howto
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:22 am
Please provide a printable version of your instructions on this site.
Thanks
David
April 24th, 2008 at 2:17 am
Thanks
May 7th, 2008 at 4:37 am
I cannot get out of my adobe reader8 update install. It remains open and will not close when I press exit. It just sits there in my dock. Mac OS 10.4.11
November 19th, 2008 at 3:31 am
^ Dawn: This guide has NOTHING to do with Mac OS X. How is Babby formed?