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Asked: 2011-03-12 04:22:40 +0800 CST

How can I get Chromium to download PDF files automatically?

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When I click on a PDF link on Chromium I get a 'Missing Plug-in' page.

Missing Plug-in

It used to be that it would download the PDF and then I could view it with Evince. To do this now I have to right click and click 'Save Link As...'. How can I get this to happen when I click on the link?

This is what about:plugins looks like:

about:plugins

I am using Ubuntu 10.10 32bit with Chromium 9.0.597.107 (75357).

chromium

5 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    This is no longer a problem - I am now using the version from the 11.04 repositories (Chromium 11). I assume this was a bug that was fixed. A solution for people on Ubuntu 10.10 who are having this problem would be to use a PPA to upgrade to a later stable release.

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  2. To download PDF files automatically: pdf me extention works for me. it says "Convert any web page to a PDF file with one click" but after installing this extension when i click on pdf file it downloads automatically but it doesn't view the file online.

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  3. @hufis

    Problem is solved with new version Mozplugger. Actually in version "1.14.3". Chromium show PDF in browser. Like a PDF reader I'm using Okular.

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  4. Go to the about:plugins page and pick Disable on "Chrome PDF Viewer".

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    If the entry isn't there, it might have to do with the plugin not being there at all in Chromium. This blog post explains how to add Google Chrome's PDF viewer to Chromium. Though that doesn't make it download automatically like you had before, it should at least look better than the missing plugin view.

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  5. You can also check out this pdf viewer in javascript

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