Installing Adobe reader

Sabinus · 02-09-2019, 04:36 PM

Hi all, I am a total newbie.
This is my first day ever using Linux. I am up and running with Linux Mint 19.1 installation but I need to install Adobe Reader. The trouble is, I do not know and do not have the commands to enter at the Terminal in order to do this. Could someone please write out the codes for me and how to enter them.

I will really appreciate this.

Thanks

Sabinus

Corvette · 02-09-2019, 05:02 PM

Do you mean the standalone desktop app or the browser add-on? If the former, Adobe Reader does not run on Linux normally. You could try Wine (which can be used to run some Windows apps on Linux_, but if you are new to Linux, this might not be ideal. Besides, I am not sure how well Adode Reader runs with Wine anyway. You might consider an alternative PDF reader; I like Okular myself.

Brains · 02-09-2019, 05:09 PM

Mint 19 should have installed Synaptic package manager by default, open this app and use the search with different keywords. As mentioned above, through Synaptic, you can right click on Xpdf or Okular and select install, there may be other PDF readers but I second Okular.

cwizardone · 02-09-2019, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corvette

Do you mean the standalone desktop app or the browser add-on? If the former, Adobe Reader does not run on Linux normally. You could try Wine (which can be used to run some Windows apps on Linux_, but if you are new to Linux, this might not be ideal. Besides, I am not sure how well Adode Reader runs with Wine anyway. You might consider an alternative PDF reader; I like Okular myself.

It is getting old, but there is a Linux version of Adobe-Reader-9.5.5.1.
I use it almost daily.

Corvette · 02-09-2019, 05:31 PM

That is nice piece of information cwizardone; I had no idea. Thanks for the note! Just a caution to the original poster though, I would be wary regarding the security implication of an unsupported version of Adobe Reader. I am not sure if it is different with the *nix versions, but I know vulnerabilities abound in Adobe Reader.

Brains · 02-09-2019, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

it is getting old, but there is Linux version of Adobe-Reader-9.5.5.1.
I use it almost daily.

It's not available through standard Mint repositories, that was the keyword I used in a Synaptic search and found Xpdf

Sabinus · 02-09-2019, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brains

Mint 19 should have installed Synaptic package manager by default, open this app and use the search with different keywords. As mentioned above, through Synaptic, you can right click on Xpdf or Okular and select install, there may be other PDF readers but I second Okular.

Thanks a lot. your response has really helped me as I have followed your instructions and downloaded Xpdf. I have also tried it and i can confirm that it is able to open PDf files.
Thanks again

Sabinus · 02-09-2019, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

it is getting old, but there is Linux version of Adobe-Reader-9.5.5.1.
I use it almost daily.

Thanks for your rapid response. I have been able to download Xpdf and it is working ok. Thanks again and this makes me feel welcome to this community.
Sabinus

tyler2016 · 02-11-2019, 06:53 AM

Xpdf works, but isn't my favorite. There are several decent PDF viewers. I use evince. A quick apt-cache search on my Debian Stretch machine gives me:

qpdfview
pdfcube
atril
gv
katarakt
mupdf
okular

Whenever you want an application that does X on a Debian based Linux box such as Mint or Ubuntu, open a terminal and type:

Code:

$ apt-cache search "pdf viewer" | less

If you want to install one of them, use apt install:

Code:

$ sudo apt install PROGRAM_NAME

If you want to install okular, you would do this:

Code:

$ sudo apt install okular

When it is done, it should appear in the menus of your Desktop Environment or window manager. If it doesn't, try something like this:

Code:

$ dpkg -L evince | grep bin/
/usr/bin/evince
/usr/bin/evince-previewer
/usr/bin/evince-thumbnailer
$ /usr/bin/evince

cwizardone · 02-11-2019, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sabinus

Thanks for your rapid response. I have been able to download Xpdf and it is working ok. Thanks again and this makes me feel welcome to this community.
Sabinus

You are welcome.

As an alternative to Adobe Reader, I occasionally use Okular (KDE). I'm not a big fan of KDE5, but have loaded just what is needed from KDE5 so Okular will run on my Xfce desktop.

Sabinus · 02-14-2019, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tyler2016

Xpdf works, but isn't my favorite. There are several decent PDF viewers. I use evince. A quick apt-cache search on my Debian Stretch machine gives me:

qpdfview
pdfcube
atril
gv
katarakt
mupdf
okular

Whenever you want an application that does X on a Debian based Linux box such as Mint or Ubuntu, open a terminal and type:

Code:

$ apt-cache search "pdf viewer" | less

If you want to install one of them, use apt install:

Code:

$ sudo apt install PROGRAM_NAME

If you want to install okular, you would do this:

Code:

$ sudo apt install okular

When it is done, it should appear in the menus of your Desktop Environment or window manager. If it doesn't, try something like this:

Code:

$ dpkg -L evince | grep bin/
/usr/bin/evince
/usr/bin/evince-previewer
/usr/bin/evince-thumbnailer
$ /usr/bin/evince

I found your response very helpful. Following yours and other responses, I have been able to download and install of Okular and Xpdf. Thanks again.

cwizardone · 02-14-2019, 09:19 PM

LibreOffice Draw, part of the LibreOffice Office Suite, will also display and allow one to digitally sign .pdf files. However, it is s-l-o-w.

https://www.libreoffice.org/