How to install Adobe PDF Reader with Plug-in for Mozilla Firefox in Feisty Fawn
Posted by admin on June 7th, 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 Feisty Fawn 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://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/sources.list.d/feisty.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
Using Edgy Repository
Edit the sources.list file
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
Add this line at the end of sources.list
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-security restricted main multiverse universe
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
If you want top open acrobat reader go to Applications -> Office -> Adobe Reader
Using Automatix2
Automatix is a graphical interface for automating the installation of the most commonly requested applications in Debian based Linux operating systems.
If you want to check how to install automatix2 in feisty check here
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June 26th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Re the PDF….why?
Ubuntu 6.06 already reads .PDF so why clog up yr system with more of the same…or are there some distinct improvements….the writer doesn’t suggest this….so I’m wondering “Why?”
What I haven’t been able to do is install Java - to read streaming prices on websites….if I go to Sun’s website they offer four versions of Java for Linux ( why four?…don’t ask!)…not one download works on my system, yet they give the impression they are downloading.
“How-to for Java” would be nice.
Indeed I was going to suggest that for the increasing newbies to Ubuntu….a stack of PDF’s like those flick-cards would enable us to watch the progress of doing a task like install a new application. To see a video in action look at Paint Shop Pro’s tutorial website…it allows you to go over it again and again. It’s really quite good…..pity the software is only equal to The Gimp (although I think it allows 4-colour printing plates)
June 27th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
To install java, you have to do it from the command-line. It prompts you to accept the license agreement.
sudo apt-get sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts
June 28th, 2007 at 7:41 am
I Installed Adobe Reader on Ubuntu, but now I do not want it. I installed it using the tar.gz file instead, but since i did not use the repo’s I can’t figure out how to remove it easily. can someone help?
June 28th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
briefly tried all the listed alternatives for adobe reader installation(thank you!)with Feisty Ubuntu 7.04.
Found the last option autoamtix2 to be fast and easy, and some difficulites with all the other routes..so I suggest trying the last option first.
August 8th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
@Andrew - I’m constantly amazed by people who don’t use the proper channels for support. I mean — asking for help in article comments? Really? You know Ubuntu has it’s own forum and dedicated IRC channel, don’t you?
@Doug and the Author - using Automatix2 is a horrible idea. Sure it may be easy to get some stuff in there, but it doesn’t follow proper Linux/Debian conventions and you’ll likely find yourself with a busted system when you try to upgrade. Better to get your hands “slightly” dirty and do it the right way. And heck, you might just learn something along the way…
A recent article re: Automatix is here: http://mjg59.livejournal.com/77440.html
August 29th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Adobe PDF viewer, I have found, to offer better support for layers and transparencies. There may be other linux pdf viewers that also offer said support but I have not tried them all.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Feisty Fawn 7.04, tried the acroread install, package acroread not found.
root@marge:~# 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
February 14th, 2008 at 3:06 am
thankyou
April 11th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Followed the first two instructions, wouldn’t do the third (error:
E: Type ‘