PDF reader for console..

lkusmir · 10-02-2004, 01:03 PM

Does anybody know any PDF reader for the console mode? I'm using "woody" without X and really need one. Any suggestions?

david_ross · 10-02-2004, 01:44 PM

You can use pdftotext to extract the text from the pdf file.

Dave Kelly · 10-02-2004, 01:55 PM

See if 'ps2ascii' will do what you want.

SharpyWarpy · 10-03-2004, 07:07 AM

There's fbi, a framebuffer image viewer which comes with fbgs, a framebuffer pdf viewer. Also svp, which works with svgalib.

craigevil · 01-05-2010, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danny0085

Here is the tip http://tips-linux.net/en/content/adobe-reader

The OP wants to use pdf in console, acroread is a big honking X app.

As for one way to view pdf files in a console, I finally had a chance to test this and it works fine. There is a program called pdftohtml that works something like

Code:

pdftohtml pdf_file_here html_file_here

There are a lot of different options you can specify, but the basic idea is that html and jpg files are generated from the pdf. Then it's a simple matter of using something like

Code:

links html_file_here

and you are in business.