Recently, Adobe released their Adobe Reader 8.1.1 for Linux. This release has added new interface, tools, more options and 3D features. So far, Adobe Reader is still the best PDF documents viewer in Linux.
Installation
For Debian/Ubuntu users, get deb package from here. Then run command in terminal:
sudo dpkg -i AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i386.deb
For Fedora or RPM-based Linux systems, download rpm package from here:
sudo rpm -i AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i486.rpm
For other Linux systems, get tarball package from here:
tar jxvf AdobeReaderenu-8.1.1-1.i486.tar.bz2 or tar zxvf AdobeReaderenu-8.1.1-1.i486.tar.gz
cd AdobeReader/
sudo ./INSTALL
You can also install font pack. For example, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Get them from here:
tar zxvf FontPack81chsi486-linux.tar.gz
cd CHSKIT/
sudo ./INSTALL
Usage
To run Adobe Reader, click Applications → Office → Adobe Reader 8 menu item. Or run the following command in terminal:
/opt/Adobe/Reader8/bin/acroread
Adobe Reader 8.1.1 for Linux screenshot
4 responses so far ↓
1 Rambitious // Dec 29, 2007 at 2:07 pm
hello thank you . all articles in your site help me to learn alot about ubuntu.
regards,,,
2 iispecial // Jan 3, 2008 at 5:38 am
cool!
3 vicious // Jun 18, 2008 at 7:11 am
Believe me when i say that FofIt PDF reader es even better that this private software appz, and can be run in wine without a problem
4 vicious // Jun 18, 2008 at 7:11 am
I mean Foxit PDF…
Leave a Comment