Acrobat HowTo

[NoOp]

On 10/22/2012 12:31 AM, Chuck Peters wrote:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AcrobatHowTo says:
> * 12.10 - Download the bin file from the Adobe web site.
> * (Hardy and later) Download and install from Canonical Partner repository.
> 
> 12.10 is later than hardy...
> 
> Acroread does not appear to be available from the Canonical Partner repository.

It's not:

http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/pool/partner/a/acroread/
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acroread

> Has support for it been dropped?

Don't know, but it looks that way.

> 
> What program is recommend to read PDF files, and do we have one that
> supports forms?

You can still use acroread, you just need to download it from Adobe (as
the help page points out).

https://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/
- Linux
- English (or your lanuage)
- Reader 9.5.1 <lang> for Linux (.deb)

Note: gdebi is still available if you'd prefer to bypass the Software
Center...
http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/gdebi