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F9 Multimedia-Based Applications & Setup Acrobat Reader

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F9 Acrobat Reader & Plugin

Assuming that you have the Adobe repository setup, use yum to install Acrobat Reader:
~> sudo yum install AdobeReader_enu
Once finished, source your ~/.bashrc file:
~> source ~/.bashrc
The browser comes with a plugin module called nppdf.so, which allows the Adobe Reader to be launched inside a Firefox window. Unfortunately, it installs into multiple locations, when the only place it really needs to be is in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. To fix the problem, delete the other locations where the plugin was installed:
~> sudo rm /usr/lib/firefox-*/plugins/nppdf.so
~> sudo rm /root/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
~> sudo rm ~/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
Then verify that the plugin is located in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins:
~> ls /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
Note:  If SELinux prevents the Acrobat browser plugin from loading properly, change its security context:
~> sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
Adobe Acrobat Reader is now installed for F9.