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How To Install Foxit Reader V 2.4.1 On Linuxmint-18.03

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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.
foxit_installer

Accept the license terms and continue.
license_agreement


foxit_installation_status


Click on the finish, when the installation complete.
installation_completed

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

The Foxit reader application now appears on your screen.
foxit_application


sample_document

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

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

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naas
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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