Acrobat Reader in Redhat 8?

jekkuzan · 01-21-2020, 10:53 PM

Hi Anyone knows how to install Acrobat Reader in Red Hat 8?

I tried the following methods but it is only applicable in Redhat 7
https://www.if-not-true-then-false.c...-red-hat-rhel/

Kindly guide me to the right approach

jmgibson1981 · 01-22-2020, 07:16 AM

The right approach is to use native software and not try to hack Windows specific software to work. If Adobe doesn't have an RPM available for RHEL8 then you are out of luck.

sevendogsbsd · 01-22-2020, 07:23 AM

I have not been successful in using Acrobat reader (even in wine) for years. The one single reason I own the MacBook I am typing on is to run Adobe Acrobat and be able to digitally sign PDFs with a smart card. Sad but true...

EDIT: OK, not the "sole" reason: it's also an amazing computer and I prefer to own at least one commercial laptop, but will never buy another Windows laptop again, thus my decision...

DavidMcCann · 01-22-2020, 10:26 AM

There is Linux software for digital signing, but it's proprietary like Able2Extract or PDF Studio. If you need to sign documents, presumably it's for a business anyway.

ehartman · 01-22-2020, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jekkuzan

Hi Anyone knows how to install Acrobat Reader in Red Hat 8?

As Acrobat Reader is NOT supported in Linux anymore (and hasn't been since 2013) and the latest native Linux version is 9.5.5 dated from 26/04/2013 and is 32-bit only,
while the RHEL releases 7 and 8 are 64-bit, you should be looking at other solutions (like evince, okular or such).

ehartman · 01-22-2020, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jekkuzan

Red Hat 8?

BTW: there is quite a difference between Red Hat 8 (Psyche), released on 30 september 2002 and RHEL 8 (the current supported commercial release).

kilgoretrout · 01-22-2020, 03:38 PM

I've been using the free version of Master PDF Editor. It allows you to fill in forms which is currently unavailable in Okular; Evince is somewhat hit or miss for me when it comes to filling in pdf forms. They don't have an rpm for RHEL8 yet, but you can try the one for RHEL7:

https://code-industry.net/free-pdf-editor/