Install Adobe Reader in the user local area

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Install Adobe in the home directory

cd ~/local
mkdir opt
cd opt
mkdir AdobeReader

Download the latest version of Adobe Reader for Linux distributions, (tar.bz2 package)

ftp ftp.adobe.com

ftp> cd pub/adobe/acrobatreader/unix/5.x
ftp> get linux-5010.tar.gz

cd ~/local/src
wget ......... tar.bz2
tar -xjvf xxxx.tar.bz2
cd DIR
./INSTALL

and specify ~/local/opt/AdobeReader as installation directory.

Create a symbolok link to the acroread executable,

ln -s ~/local/opt/AdobeReader/bin/acroread ~/local/bin

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