1. Login as a root

(or run following command to switch to root user, if you are logged in by Non-privileged 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

yum install -y nspluginwrapper.i686 AdobeReader_enu                                  

 

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

yum install -y AdobeReader_enu

 

4. Start Adobe Reader (acroread)

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

acroread

Note:

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'