Dear Community,
I am trying to download and install the okular PDF reader in kali linux OS. But in official website they've posted some command lines for download and install. I tried that command lines in terminal. one of the following command is not found. Now how to install.
~/okular/build# cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/your/install/dir
bash: cmake: command not found
over all commands posted in https://okular.kde.org/download.php is
git clone git://anongit.kde.org/okular" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
cd okular
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/your/install/dir ..
make
make install
How to install Okular
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- gamma jay
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Re: How to install Okular
Have you tried...:
sudo apt-get install okular
...in the command prompt window?
Regards,
Rudi
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Rudi
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- 5StarLounger
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Re: How to install Okular
Dear sir sorry for late reply. This above command you recommend is not working sir. It shows that unable to locate the package okular. Now what to do sir.
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- 5StarLounger
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Re: How to install Okular
Dear sir i think the problem was the package wasn't listed in source.list file. I just edited that source.list file. then i could install. Thank you so much sir.
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- gamma jay
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Re: How to install Okular
Thanks for the feedback and glad you came right. 

Regards,
Rudi
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Rudi
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- NewLounger
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Re: How to install Okular
Few steps to install Okular on Linux :
1. Launch a terminal window and run the following command to update APT package manager repositories.
sudo apt-get update
2. As soon as the update process completes, run the following command to install the latest version for this application.
sudo apt-get install Okular
3. Universal document viewer ocular is up and running on your Ubuntu system now. Launch it from Applications >> okular option.
4. Start using this wonderful app on Ubuntu
1. Launch a terminal window and run the following command to update APT package manager repositories.
sudo apt-get update
2. As soon as the update process completes, run the following command to install the latest version for this application.
sudo apt-get install Okular
3. Universal document viewer ocular is up and running on your Ubuntu system now. Launch it from Applications >> okular option.
4. Start using this wonderful app on Ubuntu