How to Install Adobe Reader and Flash Player Plugin on Fedora 18 and Fedora 17

Hello Fedora Geeks.

In this article I will show you how to install Adobe Reader and Flash Player Plugin on Fedora 18 and Fedora 17.

So, let’s start the installation guide. Follow these steps for a successfull installation:

Step 1. Add the Adobe Repo:

for 32 bit systems:

$ rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

for 64 bit systems:

$ rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

Step 2. Import the key:

$ sudo rpm –import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

Step 3. Update the repo index:

$ sudo yum update

Install the package:

$ sudo yum install flash-plugin nspluginwrapper

Add the repo:

$ sudo rpm -Uvh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

Update the repo index:

$ sudo yum update

Install Adobe Reader:

$ sudo yum -y install AdobeReader_enu