Which Adobe Reader I must to install?

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#1

Hello,

I have just updated my system from openSuse 11.1 to openSuse 11.2, all is working fine.

Now I would like to install the Adobe Reader program downloading it from the official website.
Yes, I know… I can use Evince to see PDF files… Unfortunately Evince shows strange defects over the images contained in the PDF file (strange white vertical lines and other little things).

I want try to use the original Adobe reader to check if those defects will go away so I can print the document (on Windows the pdf file is displayed perfectly).

I have gone to this address to download the latest version:

Adobe - Adobe Reader : For Unix : Adobe Reader 9.3.1 Linux and Solaris update - multiple languages : Thank You

When I presse the “Download” button I go to another page. In this page I select the 9.3.1 version and then the “enu” directory (I suppose that “enu” stays for “english”, I’m right? :frowning: )
After that I block myself; as I see there are only i386 and i486 version available, but I have the i586 architecture. This means that the Adobe Reader is not available for my Linux system? :’(

Maybe I have got the wrong download address?

#2

Adobe Reader can be installed through the software installer. No need to download it.

The glitches may very well not be from Evince but from the lack of a good driver for your video card. What brand+model do you have, did you install a driver for it?

#3

SOLVED - SOLVED - SOLVED

Excuse to everybody, I’ve solved the problem :shame:. The right address from which download Acrobat Reader (working with openSUSE 11.2) is this one:

Adobe - Adobe Reader download - All versions

I’ve downloaded it and installed with one click. No problems at all. :slight_smile:

#4

Yet, as mentioned by Knurpht, software should always be installed using the configured repositories. The Adobe reader is called ‘acroread’ as a package and the current version is provided via ‘update’.