Install Adobe (Acrobat PDF) Reader on Fedora 15/14, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 5.6/6

1. Change Root User

sudo -i

## OR ##

su -

2. Install Adobe YUM Repository RPM package

rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

3a. Install Adobe Reader (acroread) on Fedora 15/14/13/12 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6

Note: On x86_64 bit system, 32-bit dependencies is also installed.

## English version ##

yum install nspluginwrapper.i686 AdobeReader_enu

## Check other language versions with following command ##

yum list AdobeReader*

Available Packages

AdobeReader_chs.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_cht.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_dan.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_deu.i486                     9.4.1-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_enu.i486                     9.4.1-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_esp.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_fra.i486                     9.4.1-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_ita.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_jpn.i486                     9.4.1-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_kor.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_nld.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_nor.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_ptb.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_suo.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_sve.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386

3b. Install Adobe Reader (acroread) on CentOS 5.6, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.6

Note: On x86_64 bit system, 32-bit dependencies is also installed.

## English version ##

yum install AdobeReader_enu 

## Check other language versions with following command ##

yum list AdobeReader*

Available Packages

AdobeReader_chs.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_cht.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_dan.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_deu.i486                     9.4.1-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_enu.i486                     9.4.1-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_esp.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_fra.i486                     9.4.1-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_ita.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_jpn.i486                     9.4.1-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_kor.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_nld.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_nor.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_ptb.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_suo.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386 

AdobeReader_sve.i486                     8.1.7-1                      adobe-linux-i386

4. Start Adobe Reader (acroread)

Find Adode Reader on “Office Menu”.
Or
Start Adobe Reader with following command.

acroread

If Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader won’t start and you get following error:
SELinux is preventing /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread from
making the program stack executable.

Then run following command to fix SELinux rights:

chcon -t execmem_exec_t '/opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread'