[Discuss] Installing software not in repositories -- Kubuntu 7.04

[Lloyd Budd]

On 5/1/07, Murray Strome <wmstrome at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Lloyd Budd wrote:
> > On 5/1/07, Murray Strome <wmstrome at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> For example, I want to install Acroread (preferably latest version), but
> >> when I search for it on the repositories, it does not seem to be there.
> >> I am sure I could go to the Adobe site, download and install it that
> >> way, but I am not sure if that is the best approach with Kubuntu or not.
> >
> > Out of curiosity what is better about acroread than KPDF (KDE) or
> > evince (GNOME)?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Lloyd
> I must admit that it is a while since I have used these, but the last
> times I tried, (probably more than a year ago), I just found that
> Acroread displayed and printed documents created by Adobe Acrobat (and
> OpenOffice) to be closer to the original.

Give it another try. It has greatly improved in the last couple of years.

I always hesitate to install software/packages that are not part of
the distribution, because they often lead to strange problems /
maintenance headaches later.

Cheers,
Lloyd