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This is guide shows, howto install and keep up-to-date Adobe Reader (Acrobat PDF Reader) current version 9.4.2 with YUM on Fedora 16/15/14/13/12, CentOS 6/5.7, Red Hat (RHEL) 6.1/6/5.7. This method works both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. This method also installs working Adobe PDF Reader plugin on Mozilla Firefox browsers.
1. Change Root User
sudo -i ## OR ## su -
2. Install Adobe YUM Repository RPM package
rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
3. 1) or 2) according youself!
1)Fedora 16/15/14/13/12 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6
Note: On x86_64 bit system, 32-bit dependencies is also installed.
## English version ##
yum install nspluginwrapper.i686 AdobeReader_enu
## Check other language versions with following command ##
yum list AdobeReader*
Available Packages
AdobeReader_chs.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_cht.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_dan.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_deu.i486 9.4.1-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_enu.i486 9.4.1-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_esp.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_fra.i486 9.4.1-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_ita.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_jpn.i486 9.4.1-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_kor.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_nld.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_nor.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_ptb.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_suo.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_sve.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386
2)CentOS 5.7, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.7
Note: On x86_64 bit system, 32-bit dependencies is also installed.
## English version ## yum install AdobeReader_enu ## Check other language versions with following command ## yum list AdobeReader* Available Packages AdobeReader_chs.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_cht.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_dan.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_deu.i486 9.4.1-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_enu.i486 9.4.1-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_esp.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_fra.i486 9.4.1-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_ita.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_jpn.i486 9.4.1-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_kor.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_nld.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_nor.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_ptb.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_suo.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386 AdobeReader_sve.i486 8.1.7-1 adobe-linux-i386
4. Start Adobe Reader (acroread)
Find Adode Reader on “Office Menu”.
Or
Start Adobe Reader with following command.
acroread
If Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader won’t start and you get following error:
SELinux is preventing /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread from
making the program stack executable.
Then run following command to fix SELinux rights:
chcon -t execmem_exec_t '/opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread'
Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader 9.4.2 Running on Fedora 15 64-bit:
Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader 9.3.1 Running on CentOS 5.5:
5. Adobe Reader (Acrobat PDF Reader) Browser Plugin
Browser plugin is installed automatically.
Check plugin working, simply with writing about:plugins on Mozilla Firefox browser:
32-bit Adobe Reader browser plugin on Fedora 15 64-bit:
32-bit Adobe Reader browser plugin on Fedora 14 32-bit: