Install Adobe Reader on Fedora 34/33, CentOS/RHEL 8.3
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This is guide shows, howto install Adobe Reader (Acrobat PDF Reader) current version 9.5.5 RPM on Fedora 34/33, CentOS 8.3, Red Hat (RHEL) 8.3. This method works on 64-bit architectures.
Check video version of guide:
1. Change Root User⌗
sudo -i
## OR ##
su -
2. Get Adobe Reader RPM package⌗
cd /tmp
## English version ##
wget http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm
3a. Install Adobe Reader (acroread) on Fedora 34/33⌗
Note: On x86_64 bit system, 32-bit dependencies is also installed.
## Fedora 34/33 ##
dnf install atk.i686 avahi-libs.i686 bzip2-libs.i686 cairo.i686 cups-libs.i686 \
dbus-libs.i686 expat.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 fribidi.i686 \
gdk-pixbuf2.i686 gdk-pixbuf2-modules.i686 gdk-pixbuf2-xlib.i686 \
gdk-pixbuf2-xlib.x86_64 glib2.i686 glibc.i686 gmp.i686 gnutls.i686 \
graphite2.i686 gtk2.i686 harfbuzz.i686 jasper-libs.i686 jbigkit-libs.i686 \
keyutils-libs.i686 krb5-libs.i686 libICE.i686 libSM.i686 libX11.i686 \
libX11-xcb.i686 libXau.i686 libXcomposite.i686 libXcursor.i686 \
libXdamage.i686 libXext.i686 libXfixes.i686 libXft.i686 libXi.i686 \
libXinerama.i686 libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXt.i686 libXxf86vm.i686 \
libblkid.i686 libcap.i686 libcom_err.i686 libdatrie.i686 libdrm.i686 \
libffi.i686 libgcc.i686 libgcrypt.i686 libglvnd.i686 libglvnd-glx.i686 \
libgpg-error.i686 libidn.i686 libidn2.i686 libjpeg-turbo.i686 libmount.i686 \
libpciaccess.i686 libpng.i686 libselinux.i686 libsepol.i686 libstdc++.i686 \
libtasn1.i686 libthai.i686 libtiff.i686 libunistring.i686 libuuid.i686 \
libverto.i686 libxcb.i686 libxcrypt.i686 libxml2.i686 libxshmfence.i686 \
lz4-libs.i686 mesa-libGL.i686 mesa-libGLU.i686 mesa-libGLU.x86_64 \
mesa-libglapi.i686 nettle.i686 openssl-libs.i686 p11-kit.i686 pango.i686 \
pcre.i686 pcre2.i686 pixman.i686 \
systemd-libs.i686 xz-libs.i686 zlib.i686 libidn.x86_64 \
libidn.i686 coreutils.x86_64 libcanberra-gtk2.i686 \
adwaita-gtk2-theme.i686 PackageKit-gtk3-module
## Quick hack to install correct i686 PackageKit-gtk3-module from Fedora Koji ##
dnf install $(rpm -qa PackageKit-gtk3-module |grep x86_64 | awk '{split($0,a,"-");split(a[5],b,".");print "https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/PackageKit/" a[4] "/" b[1] "." b[2] "/i686/PackageKit-gtk3-module-" a[4] "-" b[1] "." b[2] ".i686.rpm"}')
## Install AdbeRdr without dependencies ##
rpm -Uvh --nodeps AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm
## Create /etc/ld.so.conf.d/acroread.conf ##
cat > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/acroread.conf
3b. Install Adobe Reader (acroread) on CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 8.3⌗
Note: On x86_64 bit system, 32-bit dependencies is also installed.
## CentOS 8 / Red Hat (RHEL) 8 ##
dnf config-manager --enable powertools
dnf install atk.i686 avahi-libs.i686 bzip2-libs.i686 cairo.i686 cups-libs.i686 \
dbus-libs.i686 expat.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 fribidi.i686 \
gdk-pixbuf2.i686 gdk-pixbuf2-modules.i686 gdk-pixbuf2-xlib.i686 \
gdk-pixbuf2-xlib.x86_64 glib2.i686 glibc.i686 gmp.i686 gnutls.i686 \
graphite2.i686 gtk2.i686 harfbuzz.i686 jasper-libs.i686 jbigkit-libs.i686 \
keyutils-libs.i686 krb5-libs.i686 libICE.i686 libSM.i686 libX11.i686 \
libX11-xcb.i686 libXau.i686 libXcomposite.i686 libXcursor.i686 \
libXdamage.i686 libXext.i686 libXfixes.i686 libXft.i686 libXi.i686 \
libXinerama.i686 libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXt.i686 libXxf86vm.i686 \
libblkid.i686 libcap.i686 libcom_err.i686 libdatrie.i686 libdrm.i686 \
libffi.i686 libgcc.i686 libgcrypt.i686 libglvnd.i686 libglvnd-glx.i686 \
libgpg-error.i686 libidn.i686 libidn2.i686 libjpeg-turbo.i686 libmount.i686 \
libpciaccess.i686 libpng.i686 libselinux.i686 libsepol.i686 libstdc++.i686 \
libtasn1.i686 libthai.i686 libtiff.i686 libunistring.i686 libuuid.i686 \
libverto.i686 libxcb.i686 libxcrypt.i686 libxml2.i686 libxshmfence.i686 \
lz4-libs.i686 mesa-libGL.i686 mesa-libGLU.i686 mesa-libGLU.x86_64 \
mesa-libglapi.i686 nettle.i686 openssl-libs.i686 p11-kit.i686 pango.i686 \
pcre.i686 pcre2.i686 pixman.i686 \
systemd-libs.i686 xz-libs.i686 zlib.i686 libidn.x86_64 \
libidn.i686 coreutils.x86_64 libcanberra-gtk2.i686 \
adwaita-gtk2-theme.i686 PackageKit-gtk3-module.i686
## Install AdbeRdr without dependencies ##
rpm -Uvh --nodeps AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm
4. Start Adobe Reader (acroread)⌗
Find Adode Reader on “Office Menu”.
Or
Start Adobe Reader with following command.
acroread
5. Adobe Reader Screenshots⌗
Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader 9.5.5 Running on Fedora 32 64-bit⌗
Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader 9.5.5 Running on CentOS 8 64-bit⌗
6. Install Adobe Reader (Acrobat PDF Reader) Browser Plugin⌗
Simplest way is copy nppdf.so to browser plugins directory:
## 32-bit system ##
cp /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
## 64-bit system ##
cp /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/