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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.
sudo -i ## OR ## su -
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
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
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
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'
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: