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CentOS /RHEL: How To Install Adobe Reader 9.5.5 using Yum command

After installed CentOS 7 or RHEL 7 system, I would like to install Adobe Reader to read file with “pdf” format on my linux system. How Do I install the latest Adobe Reader version under Centos 7/Centos 6.5 or RHEL 7/6.5 or Fedora 21 linux? this post will guide you how to install adobe rader.

CentOS /RHEL download the latest version of Adobe Reader

To download the latest version of adobe reader from the official site, issue the following wget command:

​wget http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm

or

wget http://download.softpedia.ro/dl/1ed3e76ea31ab48310a56007590085e3/54918324/500001963/linux/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin

outputs:

[root@osetc~]# wget http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm

----  http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm

Resolving ardownload.adobe.com (ardownload.adobe.com)... 184.25.56.50, 184.25.56.60

Connecting to ardownload.adobe.com (ardownload.adobe.com)|184.25.56.50|:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: 60118961 (57M)

Saving to: ‘AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm’

100%[======================================>] 60,118,961  17.2KB/s   in 23m 10s

 08:30:42 (42.2 KB/s) - ‘AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm’ saved [60118961/60118961]

CentOS /RHEL install Adobe Reader 9.5.5 using Yum command

Step1# Install nux-dextop repository so that yum can use its to resolve dependencies

After got the rpm package of adobe reader 9.5.5, if you just use rpm -ivh to install it, you will find that other dependency packages are need to install. we can install the nux-dextop repository to resolve dependencies, run the following command:

yum localinstall http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm

Outputs:

[root@osetc~]# yum localinstall http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks

nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm                | 9.7 kB     00:00     

Examining /var/tmp/yum-root-v8KvbT/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm: nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch

Marking /var/tmp/yum-root-v8KvbT/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm to be installed

Resolving Dependencies

--> Running transaction check

---> Package nux-dextop-release.noarch 0:0-5.el7.nux will be installed

--> Processing Dependency: epel-release for package: nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch

Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

 * base: mirror.bit.edu.cn

 * extras: mirror.bit.edu.cn

 * updates: mirror.bit.edu.cn

--> Running transaction check

---> Package epel-release.noarch 0:7-5 will be installed

--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================

 Package        Arch   Version     Repository                              Size

================================================================================

Installing:

 nux-dextop-release

                noarch 0-5.el7.nux /nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch 3.5 k

Installing for dependencies:

 epel-release   noarch 7-5         extras                                  14 k

Transaction Summary

================================================================================

Install  1 Package (+1 Dependent package)

Total size: 18 k

Total download size: 14 k

Installed size: 28 k

Is this ok [y/d/N]: y

Downloading packages:

epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm                                |  14 kB   00:01     

Running transaction check

Running transaction test

Transaction test succeeded

Running transaction

  Installing : epel-release-7-5.noarch                                      1/2 

  Installing : nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch                        2/2 

  Verifying  : epel-release-7-5.noarch                                      1/2 

  Verifying  : nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch                        2/2 

Installed:

  nux-dextop-release.noarch 0:0-5.el7.nux                                       

Dependency Installed:

  epel-release.noarch 0:7-5                                                     

Complete!

Step2# Using “yum localinstall” to install adobe reader rpm package by running the following command:

  yum localinstall AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm

outputs:

[root@osetc~]# yum localinstall AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm 

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks

Examining AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm: AdobeReader_enu-9.5.5-1.i486

Marking AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm to be installed

Resolving Dependencies

--> Running transaction check

---> Package AdobeReader_enu.i486 0:9.5.5-1 will be installed

--> Processing Dependency: libatk-1.0.so.0 for package: AdobeReader_enu-9.5.5-1.i486

epel/x86_64/metalink                                     | 5.0 kB     00:00     

epel                                                     | 4.4 kB     00:00     

nux-dextop                                               | 2.9 kB     00:00     

epel/x86_64/primary_db         FAILED                                           

http://ftp6.sjtu.edu.cn/fedora/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/b8e832bf3567e4d16a0c44196c7c986fe818e2b8d8ae570eb3dd5251b4cdf131-primary.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] curl#7 - "Failed to connect to 2001:da8:8000:6023::230: Network is unreachable"

Trying other mirror.

(1/3): epel/x86_64/group_gz                                | 250 kB   00:00     

(2/3): nux-dextop/x86_64/p 17% [==-             ]  75 kB/s | 890 kB   00:56 ETA

...

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================

 Package           Arch   Version                Repository                Size

================================================================================

Installing:

 AdobeReader_enu   i486   9.5.5-1                /AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu

                                                                          135 M

Installing for dependencies:

 atk               i686   2.8.0-4.el7            base                     232 k

 avahi-libs        i686   0.6.31-13.el7          base                      60 k

...

Transaction Summary

================================================================================

Install  1 Package  (+43 Dependent packages)

Upgrade             (  7 Dependent packages)

Total size: 151 M

Total download size: 13 M

Is this ok [y/d/N]: y

...

43/44): cups-libs-1.6.3-14.el7.i686.rpm                   | 354 kB   00:22     

(44/44): freetype-2.4.11-9.el7.i686.rpm                    | 386 kB   00:38     

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total                                              327 kB/s |  13 MB  00:39     

Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-nux.ro

Importing GPG key 0x85C6CD8A:

 Userid     : "Nux.Ro (rpm builder) <rpm@li.nux.ro>"

 Fingerprint: 561c 96bd 2f7f dc2a db5a fd46 e98b fbe7 85c6 cd8a

 Package    : nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch (@/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch)

 From       : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-nux.ro

Is this ok [y/N]: y

Installed:

  AdobeReader_enu.i486 0:9.5.5-1                                                

Complete!

Step3# check if adobe reader is installed on your system

To check if adobe reader program is installed, just issue the following command to start adobe reader program.

$acroread

or you can directly go to “Applications“->”office“, if you can see the adobe read 9 item, then just click it to start adobe reader.

Note: when starting adobe reader program, you need to accept the license firstly.