Missing pdf viewer add in

Updated to Yosemite recently and I know this features worked since the update...
but of the life of me, I can't view or download pdf files in safari. I looked and pdf viewer file is missing from the plug ins subdirectory. Restarting the machine has failed to restore the plug in. Might anyone suggest a solution?
Thank you,
G.

Hi Gabor278,
If you are having an issue with a Safari pdf viewer plug-in being missing you may want to troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
Safari 8 (Yosemite): If a plug-in is missing
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

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