PhoroLinux

Recently, Adobe released their Adobe Reader 8.1.1 for Linux. This release has added new interface, tools, more options and 3D features. So far, Adobe Reader is still the best PDF documents viewer in Linux.

Installation

For Debian/Ubuntu users, get deb package from here. Then run command in terminal:

sudo dpkg -i AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i386.deb

For Fedora or RPM-based Linux systems, download rpm package from here:

sudo rpm -i AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i486.rpm

For other Linux systems, get tarball package from here:

tar jxvf AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i486.tar.bz2 or tar zxvf AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i486.tar.gz
cd AdobeReader/
sudo ./INSTALL


You can also install font pack. For example, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Get them from here:

tar zxvf FontPack81_chs_i486-linux.tar.gz
cd CHSKIT/
sudo ./INSTALL


Usage

To run Adobe Reader, click Applications → Office → Adobe Reader 8 menu item. Or run the following command in terminal:

/opt/Adobe/Reader8/bin/acroread

Adobe Reader 8.1.1 for Linux screenshot