I have adobe reader Installed on my box but there is no icon to launch it, so I checked up on how to do this:
From CLI type
acroread
to create a custom launcher use the command
%acroread
with the percentage sign added.
i normally don’t use it on my box but every now and then I come across a secured pdf that kpdf won’t open.
For more options check out this link
NB not all distros require the percentage sign when adding the cmd to a custom launcher.