[SOLVED] PDF Reader

[Rebecca_D]

I newly come from Windows so need help to understand the idiosyncrasies of Linux. I need to install a PDF plugin for my browser (Mozilla Seamonkey) and under Windows that was a straightforward installation of Adobe Reader. I have tried to search for such through Synaptic but can find nothing obvious, but with the way Linux names packages that can be hard for a newcomer.

Going to the Adobe site shows that there are a number of downloads suitable for Linux, but they have file-types such as .deb, .bin, .rpm and tar.bz2. I don't know which would be appropriate and even if I did, I do not know how I then install them. Your wisdom and patience appreciated.  

I have PCLOS KDE installed.

Rebecca

[The Chief]

Both Adobe Reader and Foxit Reader (my preference) are in the repos (Synaptic).  It should be simply a matter of marking one  (or both) for installation (after a full update, that is). 

Making SeaMonkey use them may be slightly more difficult, but if it is as closely related to Firefox as I suspect, it shouldn't be that tough.

[menotu]

As The Chief mentions there is an Adobe Reader in the repos;  in Synaptic if you do a search using just adobe as the search term that should show it near to the top of the list.

Before doing the search I'd advise first doing a Reload to refresh your application list.

[Rebecca_D]

Hi Chief! Thanks for your quick reply. Don't know how I missed it in Synaptic before, but....when I selected it to install I got the following:

Could not mark following packages for installation or upgrade.
The following packages have unresolved dependencies. Make sure that all required repositories are added and enabled in the preferences

AdobeReader-plugin
Depends: AdobeReader_enu but is not installable.

Any suggestions?

[pinoc]

yes, you do not need the AdobeReader-plugin because it is already included in the package AdobeReader_enu. The AdobeReader-plugin package is outdated and will be removed as soon as possible.
-p.

[Rebecca_D]

Thanks pinoc, but I can't find AdobeReader_enu through Synaptic ?

[smileeb]

Use foxitreader, AdobeReader is bloated. Ocular is in the repos and is another good pdf reader.

[pinoc]

Thanks pinoc, but I can't find AdobeReader_enu through Synaptic ?

at present, there is spelling mistake in the package name (AdbeReader_enu), should be corrected shortly

[Rebecca_D]

Thanks for the replies everyone. Have installed foxitreader and will have to find out how to plug it into Seamonkey! Before I close this as solved could you deal in general with the second paragraph of my original post:

Going to the Adobe site shows that there are a number of downloads suitable for Linux, but they have file-types such as .deb, .bin, .rpm and tar.bz2. I don't know which would be appropriate and even if I did, I do not know how I then install them. Your wisdom and patience appreciated.

i.e installing such filetypes as there are other matters such as drivers that I am not clear about.
Thanks

[pinoc]

You do not need anything from the Adobe site. Always use packages from Synaptic.

[Crow]

I think PCLinuxOS KDE version have Okular by default ( kde-graphics-okular 4.9.2-1_archie201 ) and that is a good reader, if you don't have it please:

Reload - mark all upgrades - apply - apply

Search okular - right click install - apply

It integrates automatically in Firefox, sorry I don't use Seamonkey.

[Just17]

I installed Seamonkey to see what it is like .........  and opened immediately a PDF from this site

http://samplepdf.com/sample.pdf

I guess the plugin for Firefox must also apply to Seamonkey .......  as they are both from the Mozilla stable.

[Rebecca_D]

Thanks Crow & Just17. Have installed Okular and it works perfectly.

Don't want to seem a pain but could someone answer the other part of the question. If one downloads a non-repository file with a file-type of perhaps .deb, .bin, .rpm and tar.bz2, what are the processes to install them?

[Archie]

It is my understanding that file association takes precedence. If you have, say for example, associated PDF with Qpdfview, opening a .pdf file either from your /home folder, any removable disk, anywhere on the Internet would be viewed on Qpdfview unless a specific setting overrides the file association.

[RobNJ]

I installed Seamonkey to see what it is like .........  and opened immediately a PDF from this site

http://samplepdf.com/sample.pdf

I guess the plugin for Firefox must also apply to Seamonkey .......  as they are both from the Mozilla stable.

Seamonkey used to be The Mozilla Suite, before Firefox(formerly firebird) & thunderbird became a lot more popular.