Unable to view pdf files

Unable to view pdf files

[Blair, Charles E III]

   I have not been able to view pdf files, trying:
   
(1) midori only offers applications for djvu, jpg,
and dvi files.

(2) ghostscript was listed as already installed, but
gv file.pdf yields "command not found," and "man gv"
and "man ghostcript" also don't work.  Neither did
re-installing.

(3) When I am running emacs and open file.pdf, I get
a display of code.  If I try C-c C-c to switch on
DocView, I am told this is undefined.

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Re: Unable to view pdf files

[Brian Inglis]

On 2019-10-11 17:15, Blair, Charles E III wrote:
>    I have not been able to view pdf files, trying:
> (1) midori only offers applications for djvu, jpg,
> and dvi files.
> (2) ghostscript was listed as already installed, but
> gv file.pdf yields "command not found," and "man gv"
> and "man ghostcript" also don't work.  Neither did
> re-installing.
> (3) When I am running emacs and open file.pdf, I get
> a display of code.  If I try C-c C-c to switch on
> DocView, I am told this is undefined.

Install package xpdf to get xpdfreader or package qpdfview to get qpdfview.
Both are offered from Open With... in PCManFM.
I find xpdfreader a bit closer to what you'd expect, but both work without
problems.
You can also install package gv (ghostview), but it has no X desktop menu
integration, and you have to manually launch this, optionally with (a) filename
argument(s).

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