Learn how to install adobe reader on ubuntu and its derivatives

PDF files are widely used by users around the world and there is no reason why, this format allows you to preserve the properties of a document with complete independence from the system where you open it, making it ideal for layouts and many other uses. Many are the programs that have been appearing to read PDF files, but Adobe Reader continues to be the best of them and the only one to include some functions related to 3D object rendering and CAD.

How to install Adobe Reader in Ubuntu and make it the default PDF reader

Despite the fact that there are more and more programs that emulate Adobe Reader, there are many users who value using the original or simply do not like the alternatives offered. We have prepared this guide to teach you how to install Adobe Reader in your Ubuntu operating system and its derivatives.

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To install Adobe Reader on our Ubuntu system we only need an Internet connection and the Linux command console. The first step is to install the necessary packages to be able to run Adobe Reader:

sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-murrine: i386 libcanberra-gtk-module: i386 libatk-adapter: i386 libgail-common: i386 The next step is to install Adobe Reader itself with the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install adobereader-enu

Now we have to add the following repository:

sudo add-apt-repository -r "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner" sudo apt-get update With this we will have Adobe Reader ready to use in our Ubuntu operating system, a last step is to make it the default PDF reader, something that we can also do from the same terminal. First of all we need to edit the text file found in the /etc/gnome/defaults.list path using the following command:

sudo gedit /etc/gnome/defaults.list

Once the file is open we have to find the following line: application / pdf = evince.desktop , and change it to application / pdf = acroread.desktop .

Finally at the end of the file we have to add the following lines to the end of the file: