I want to disable the pdf plugin built into Google Chrome, and use the official one by adobe. I was able to disable the built in plugin, I don't know where to get the alternative plugin. Where can I get it?
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Because the PDF plugin is not free software, i.e. it can only be included with the non-free Google Chrome browser.
See http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=50852#c16 for a statement.
I have the same problem, and it seemed to be reported as bug already. You can mark that it affects you, too to increase its significance.
As workaround I recommend to open pdf files with Document Viewer/Evince as follows: Go to Edit → Preferences → Applications, search for "pdf" and choose Use Document Viewer:
With the file it opens another window - but Evince is very fast and lightweight, so you won't experience serious performance losses.
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You can also download the oficial PDF from Adobe. Just go to their website and download Adobe Reader .deb: http://get.adobe.com/br/reader/otherversions/
Because if you've disabled the built-in PDF viewer, Chrome will use Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader to display PDFs
More info on this can be found here: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=142056