Question

How can I view pdfs in the browser in Ubuntu? I've found a solution to use

apt-get install acroread mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins

but that doesn't seem to work anymore, it says "couldn't find package". Anyone know how to get this working? Right now I have to download the pdf.

Answer 1

You can try using Greasemonkey (click here to install) and the PDF/PPT/TIF viewer with Google docs script (click here to add to GreaseMonkey). It will load all PDFs into Google Docs Viewer.

Answer 2

Enable extra repo sources as mentioned here. Once the extra repos have been loaded, try the command you used above, i.e, apt-get install acroread mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins.

If this doesn't help, add Canonical partner repo under System->Administration->Software Sources->Third Party Software.

The option should look like this:

URI: http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu

Distrubution: jaunty

Components: partner

HTH.

Answer 3

Have you tried the PDFvue add-in for Firefox? I believe it is in experimental currently. :)