HOWTO:Acrobat Reader

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Go to:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html

select: x86.tar.gz file or the x86.tar.gz2 (there does not appear to be 64 bit versions as of 05-06-2008), choose your language and save the file to a folder of your choice. (+- 47Mg).

To install Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.3 using a tarball installer:

1.Browse to the directory where you have downloaded the file and choose "Open terminal" from the "Tools" menu of Konqueror(or just press F4). The console will open and automatically go into the directory.

2. Run one of the following commands.

tar -zxvf AdobeReader_enu-8.1.3-1.i486.tar.gz (for the gzip installer) 
tar -jxvf AdobeReader_enu-8.1.3-1.i486.tar.bz2 (for the bzip2 installer)

Go to the AdobeReader folder and open terminal(press the F4 key or choose "Open terminal" from the "Tools" menu of Konqueror), type as root in a terminal:

./INSTALL

This will install acrobatreader into the /opt/ folder.