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

[Murray Strome]

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.

Murray