opening a pdf file

chemosurvivor · 02-05-2016, 07:00 PM

"Ocular is actually Okular."

Ha! After using it for 10 years you'd think I know how to spell it. X_X
Sorry about that.

We haven't heard from Onunga as to whether their problem is solved.

These days Evince is default on deb based distros.

Sometimes the PDF has certain restrictions placed upon it.
My wife always gets various password protected pdf files and also fdf files.
Sometimes the only way to view these files is with Acrobat, sorry to say.
I did see a post last week about adjusting the MIME type to get past these restrictions.

Maybe the Nitro plugin for Firefox can open these special pdf files.
Or how about Google Docs?

Come on Onunga, we gotta know if your problem has been solved.

BW-userx · 02-06-2016, 09:12 AM

again Query your REPO and see what it has for you to try.

Code:

  
 userx@voided 09:07:58 ~ >>$ sudo xbps-query -Rs pdf


[-] apvlv-0.1.5_1               Vim-like PDF/DJVU/TXT viewer
[-] epdfview-0.1.8_6            Lightweight PDF viewer using Poppler and GTK+
[-] fbpdf-0.0.20150504_1        Small framebuffer PDF/DJVU viewer
[-] gscan2pdf-1.3.6_1           A GUI to produce PDFs or DjVus from scanned documents
[-] gv-3.7.4_3                  Postscript and PDF viewer
[-] ipe-7.2.2_1                 Drawing editor for creating figures in PDF or EPS formats
[-] ipe-devel-7.2.2_1           Drawing editor for creating figures in PDF or EPS formats - devel...
[-] katarakt-0.1_1              A simple PDF viewer
[-] libqpdf-6.0.0_1             A Content-Preserving PDF Transformation System - shared library
[-] libqpdf-devel-6.0.0_1       A Content-Preserving PDF Transformation System - development files
[-] mupdf-1.8_2                 Lightweight PDF and XPS viewer
[-] mupdf-devel-1.8_2           Lightweight PDF and XPS viewer - development files
[-] pdf2htmlEX-0.14.6_3         Renders PDF files in HTML
[-] pdfgrep-1.4.1_1             A commandline utility to search text in PDF files
[-] pdftk-2.02_1                Command-line tool for working with PDFs
[-] perl-PDF-API2-2.025_1       PDF::API2 - Facilitates the creation and modification of PDF files[*] poppler-0.38.0_1            PDF rendering library
[-] poppler-cpp-0.38.0_1        PDF rendering library - C++ bindings
[-] poppler-cpp-devel-0.38.0_1  PDF rendering library - C++ bindings (development files)[*] poppler-data-0.4.7_1        Encoding data for the poppler PDF rendering library
[-] poppler-devel-0.38.0_1      PDF rendering library - development files[*] poppler-glib-0.38.0_1       PDF rendering library - GLib bindings
[-] poppler-glib-devel-0.38.0_1 PDF rendering library - GLib bindings (development files)
[-] poppler-qt4-0.38.0_1        PDF rendering library - Qt4 bindings
[-] poppler-qt4-devel-0.38.0_1  PDF rendering library - Qt4 bindings - development files
[-] poppler-qt5-0.38.0_1        PDF rendering library - Qt5 bindings
[-] poppler-qt5-devel-0.38.0_1  PDF rendering library - Qt5 bindings - development files
[-] poppler-utils-0.38.0_1      PDF rendering library - utilities
[-] python-reportlab-3.2.0_1    Python2 library for generating PDFs and graphics
[-] python3.4-reportlab-3.2.0_1 Python3.4 library for generating PDFs and graphics
[-] qpdf-6.0.0_1                A Content-Preserving PDF Transformation System
[-] qpdfview-0.4.16_1           A tabbed document viewer
[-] xpdf-3.04_1                 Viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files
[-] zathura-pdf-mupdf-0.2.9_1   PDF support for zathura (using mupdf)
[-] zathura-pdf-poppler-0.2.6_1 PDF support for zathura (using poppler)

I got lots of ways to read a pdf file.... I do suppuse you should to with which ever Linux you're using... easy fix....

ffft · 02-07-2016, 03:37 PM

I'll join the bandwagon and suggest zathura. It's keyboard-oriented, optional vi-like commands, and a rare blend of meek and awesome.
Also you can instantly flip between inverted colours, so white text over black background for easy reading and back to normal if there are any graphics.