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I installed acroread from the repositories, and it has decided it should be the default plugin in Firefox, such that when I click on a pdf, it opens in a Firefox window. Unfortunately, it does not display (at least when in dual head mode).



This should be simple, but I cannot disable the plugin. Under Firefox Edit -> Preferences-> Applications -> pdf is set to "always ask" so I don't know why it uses acroread in the first place. Under Tools -> Manage Content Plugins I see acroread is selected for pdf content. I have the option in the dropdown to search for a new plugin, but not to simply download the file.



Typing about:config into the Firefox toolbar gives me a list of configuration options, but does not mention plugin.disable or acroread anywhere.



How do I disable the plugin? I have Firefox 11.0 on Ubuntu 11.10


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I you want to get rid of the plugin permanently, because it is not removed by apt if you remove acroread, you have to delete it manually:



sudo rm /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.nppdf.so


That worked for me on Ubuntu 13.04


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