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How To Install Foxit Reader V 2.4.1 On Linuxmint-18.03

To Install Foxit Reader V 2.4.1 On Linuxmint-18.3

Foxit Reader is a multi-lingual, freemium PDF tool that is used to view, edit, create, digitally sign, and print PDF files. It is available for both 64 bit and 32-bit architectures. In this tutorial, the method to install Foxit Reader version 2.4.1 on Linux Mint 18.3

Installation

Download the Foxit reader package using wget command as follows. 

linuxhelp ~ # wget http://cdn01.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/reader/desktop/linux/2.x/2.4/en_us/FoxitReader2.4.1.0609_Server_x64_enu_Setup.run.tar.gz
--2018-05-31 04:56:16--  http://cdn01.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/reader/desktop/linux/2.x/2.4/en_us/FoxitReader2.4.1.0609_Server_x64_enu_Setup.run.tar.gz
Resolving cdn01.foxitsoftware.com (cdn01.foxitsoftware.com)... 64.62.208.6, 184.105.233.248, 64.62.153.144, ...
Connecting to cdn01.foxitsoftware.com (cdn01.foxitsoftware.com)|64.62.208.6|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 73664057 (70M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘ FoxitReader2.4.1.0609_Server_x64_enu_Setup.run.tar.gz’ 

FoxitReader2.4.1.0609_Se 100%[=================================> ]  70.25M   992KB/s    in 76s     

2018-05-31 04:57:33 (952 KB/s) - ‘ FoxitReader2.4.1.0609_Server_x64_enu_Setup.run.tar.gz’  saved [73664057/73664057]

After downloading extract the downloaded package 

linuxhelp ~ # tar -zxvf FoxitReader2.4.1.0609_Server_x64_enu_Setup.run.tar.gz 
FoxitReader.enu.setup.2.4.1.0609(r08f07f8).x64.run

Run the extracted file.

linuxhelp ~ # ls
FoxitReader2.4.1.0609_Server_x64_enu_Setup.run.tar.gz
FoxitReader.enu.setup.2.4.1.0609(r08f07f8).x64.run
linuxhelp ~ # ./FoxitReader.enu.setup.2.4.1.0609(r08f07f8).x64.run

Foxit installer wizard will appear. just specify the folder where you want to install Foxit.

Accept the license terms and continue.



Click on the finish, when the installation complete.

After the installation, You can access the application from the menu.

The Foxit reader application now appears on your screen.


You can verify the version of Foxit reader from the help menu.

With this, the method to Install Foxit Reader V 2.4.1 On Linuxmint-18.03 comes to an end.

Tag : Linux Mint Cool Reader
Comment
naas
Aug 07 2018
Run the extracted file. linuxhelp ~ # ls FoxitReader2.4.1.0609_Server_x64_enu_Setup.run.tar.gz FoxitReader.enu.setup.2.4.1.0609(r08f07f8).x64.run linuxhelp ~ # ./FoxitReader.enu.setup.2.4.1.0609(r08f07f8).x64.run Problems were experienced from here on. This is the message i received: "naas@naas-Lenovo ~ $ FoxitReader.enu.setup.2.4.1.0609(r08f07f8).x64.run bash: syntax error near unexpected token `r08f07f8'" Please can some help from here ? Thanks Naas
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you can use the following command to install the downloaded package of foxit reader in ubuntu
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