Software - how i do i install a pDF viewer so i can see PDF files versuviusx - 07.11.2006, 19:04 Uhr Titel: how i do i install a pDF viewer so i can see PDF files
hi
i'm trying to find a good PDF viewer for kanotix. this is my first time with it so i may need some help. just finding programs to download is tuff. and since it is just a cd how do i install something? i'd like to just view a pdF file. currently with the onboard pdf viewer i get bad or chopped up data. it's all messed up and if i can read it generally the quality it poor.
any suggestions. i've been using windows all my life so this is really new. i'd love to embrace kanotix.
versuviusx - 07.11.2006, 19:12 Uhr Titel:
i mean how do i even do a search on google for what i'm looking for?
pdfviewer + linux?
pdfviewer + kanotix?
i don't know. please help.
drb - 07.11.2006, 19:44 Uhr Titel:
I checked out a few to see how they rendered pdf pages and found acrobat to be the best apart from the time it takes to load.
drb
versuviusx - 07.11.2006, 19:52 Uhr Titel:
so how do i install acrobat?
and where? i'm completely new at this. see i'm running a live cd and i don't have a hard drive. would this be a problem? how does this affect my computer. does the program get stored in the ram? if so this would probably slow down my computer.
is there any way i could embedd acrobat into a new version of kanotix cd?
Richard - 07.11.2006, 19:57 Uhr Titel:
I use kpdf.
Gets installed with kde. Smaller & faster than Acrobat Reader. Actually, I think it installs with Kanotix.
Actually works much better for cut'n'paste in OOo than Acrobat.
xpdf is available from Debian repository. Also good. and fast.
drb - 07.11.2006, 20:14 Uhr Titel:
I just tried kpdf for the first time in ages - the rendering looked poor compared with acrobat reader - lettering was indistinct. Also, a 'cut and paste' from kpdf into ooo put a ? instead of ' in 'won't' even though the original was right. Image paste placed an awful kdf image (like the original!); acrobat looked fine.
Versuviusx - If you are only using a live cd, you can get a klik version of acrobat reader; alternatively, set up a persistent home and install via apt-get.
drb
hubi - 07.11.2006, 21:41 Uhr Titel:
kpdf: for every day use
acrobatreader: if I need more
How to get acrobatreader? Isn't it in the Debian repository? If not: the it is in a repository which for legal reasons cannot be mentioned here but just ask in #irc to get an answer.
apt-get install acroread
hubi
hey_ian - 07.11.2006, 22:26 Uhr Titel:
Cause Adobe Acrobat is non free software, it cannot be found in the Debian Repos. Anyway I think KPDF is much better. You can also try Evince, KGhostView or XPDF.
bluewater - 07.11.2006, 22:52 Uhr Titel:
versuviusx
To install new software
open a terminal:
sux
apt-get update
apt-get install the-app-name-goes-here
If you are unsure of the package name
apt-cache search name-or-partial-name-goes-here
Yo get your sources list to install other stuff pop into #kanotix in IRC