How to Install Adobe Reader on Fedora 16/15, CentOS/RHEL 6.2/5.7?

Procedure for Installing  Adobe Reader on Fedora 16/15, CentOS/RHEL 6.2/5.7?

This is guide shows, howto install and keep up-to-date Adobe Reader (Acrobat PDF Reader) current version 9.4.6 with YUM on Fedora 16/15/14/13/12, CentOS 6.2/6.1/6/5.7, Red Hat (RHEL) 6.2/6.1/6/5.7. This method works both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. This method also installs working Adobe PDF Reader plugin on Mozilla Firefox browsers.

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 16/15/14/13/12, CentOS 6.2/6.1/6 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.2/6.1/6

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                  9.4.2-1                  adobe-linux-i386 
AdobeReader_enu.i486                  9.4.6-1                  adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_esp.i486                  8.1.7-1                  adobe-linux-i386 
AdobeReader_fra.i486                  9.4.2-1                  adobe-linux-i386 
AdobeReader_ita.i486                  8.1.7-1                  adobe-linux-i386 
AdobeReader_jpn.i486                  9.4.2-1                  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 5.7, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.7

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                  9.4.2-1                  adobe-linux-i386 
AdobeReader_enu.i486                  9.4.6-1                  adobe-linux-i386
AdobeReader_esp.i486                  8.1.7-1                  adobe-linux-i386 
AdobeReader_fra.i486                  9.4.2-1                  adobe-linux-i386 
AdobeReader_ita.i486                  8.1.7-1                  adobe-linux-i386 
AdobeReader_jpn.i486                  9.4.2-1                  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'

Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader 9.4.2 Running on Fedora 15 64-bit: