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Want to annotate PDF file in Linux systems? Well, Mendeley Desktop is one of the best choice. Besides being able to highlight & add note to text / rectangle of PDF, it can also display definition of selected text from en.wikipedia.org, share the document via E-mail and sync library with Mendeley Web.

Features:

Mendeley is available as a basic free version, and also in premium payable versions.

Mendeley Desktop, based on Qt, runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.

Automatic extraction of metadata from PDF papers.

Back-up and synchronization across multiple computers and with a private online account.

PDF viewer with sticky notes, text highlighting and full-screen reading.

Full-text search across papers.

Smart filtering, tagging and automatic PDF file renaming.

Citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice.

Import of documents and research papers from external websites (e.g., PubMed, Google Scholar, Arxiv) via browser bookmarklet.

BibTeX export/file sync

Private groups to collaboratively tag and annotate research papers.

Public groups to share reading lists.

Social networking features (newsfeeds, comments, profile pages, etc.).

Usage-based readership statistics about papers, authors and publications.

iPhone app

iPad app

Install Mendeley Desktop in Ubuntu & Other Linux OSs

For Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint, Elementary OS and others, download the DEB from the link below:

Mendeley Desktop for Ubuntu 32-bit | Ubuntu 64-bit

You may check your system type (32-bit or 64-bit) via System Settings ->Details utility. Once downloaded, install it via below command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T).

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/mendeleydesktop_*-stable_*.deb

During installation, the Mendeley Ubuntu repository will be added to your list of software sources. You can then use the standard Ubuntu/Debian software update tools to keep Mendeley up to date.

For other Linux, Windows, and Mac, download Mendeley Desktop installer from this page.