Adobe reader for Linux not available anymore?
The Linux version from http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/ is not listed any more. How can one install the software in order that docs created in LibreOffice can be exported as PDF?
Is there an alternative program to do the job? I read that Adobe is not supporting Flash player for Linux, hence the Reader is going the same way? Okular can read PDF, but I need to be able to convert documents to PDF for my uni submissions. Any help to enable creation of PDF would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. |
You can natively export documents to pdf in LibreOffice. Just go to File>Export as PDF.
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unlike in MS world you are not required to invest in a PDF creator to "export to PDF". As kilgoretrout stated OpenOffice.org and its forks will export to PDF natively even their MS versions. In newer versions you can just click the PDF button along the top row.
The only time having Adobe's version of PDF *anything* is a document that is locked to their proprietary fill in the blank files. While other PDF creators do just as good of a job, sadly Adobe, along with so many other proprietary vapor lock providers, disable other readers/creators from properly accessing their files for this type of feature. For those you can run the appropriate Adobe XYZ viewer/creator in wine for a temp bypass to get around those annoying files. |
Likewise if you prefer a more "techie" approach you can create .pdf files using Latex It takes a while to learn it but once you do, it's loads of fun. If you can't be arsed, then Libreoffice is indeed a piece of cake. You'll find the Export as PDF... entry sitting right in the File menu of LO.
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Wow!! thanks heaps. Great to know that it can be exported natively from LibreOffice. Always thought you need the program to do that.
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You can still install Adobe Reader 9.5 on Linux if your using a Debian-based OS. Adobe just won't be supporting it or offering updates. This is the link for the .deb http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adob...6linux_enu.deb But I doubt it'll have the functionality your looking for, and I stronly recommending finding a good free Linux program now rather then later (when Adobe won't install because it's so outdated.) |
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It's the only PDF file viewer that can open and interact with all types of PDF content, including forms and multimedia." http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/ I can't tell you when it started to be able to but the Adobe website indicates it can. Quote:
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Edit: You do have a valid point about future installation incompatibility. |
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I still doubt it has the functionallity to fill in forms, despite what the Adobe website says. The Linux version of a software isn't always made equal to the Windows version. I'm pretty sure that's the case with Adobe Reader. I have actually ran Adobe Reader on Linux myself in the past. Quote:
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