%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy: bdubbs $ $Date: 2012-05-12 18:50:31 -0400 (Sat, 12 May 2012) $ Xpdf Xpdf is a viewer for Adobe's free Portable Document Format (PDF) which is both fast and small and comes with some useful command-line utilities. &lfs65_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &xpdf-md5sum; Download size: &xpdf-size; Estimated disk space required: &xpdf-buildsize; Estimated build time: &xpdf-time; Additional Downloads Required patch: Xpdf Dependencies Required Optional (just the fonts), t1lib, and libpaper User Notes: Install Xpdf by running the following commands: patch -Np1 -i ../xpdf-&xpdf-version;-consolidated_pl5-1.patch && ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --with-freetype2-includes=/usr/include/freetype2 \ --enable-opi \ --enable-multithreaded \ --enable-wordlist && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install --enable-a4-paper: This switch must be added to set DIN A4 as the standard paper format. /etc/xpdfrc and ~/.xpdfrc ~/.xpdfrc /etc/xpdfrc In the /etc directory you will find a sample xpdfrc that can be either copied to ~/.xpdfrc or taken as an example to write your own configuration file. Below you'll find a condensed version of the file you may wish to build from. # Example .xpdfrc displayFontT1 Times-Roman /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021003l.pfb displayFontT1 Times-Italic /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021023l.pfb displayFontT1 Times-Bold /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021004l.pfb displayFontT1 Times-BoldItalic /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021024l.pfb displayFontT1 Helvetica /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.pfb displayFontT1 Helvetica-Oblique /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019023l.pfb displayFontT1 Helvetica-Bold /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019004l.pfb displayFontT1 Helvetica-BoldOblique /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019024l.pfb displayFontT1 Courier /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022003l.pfb displayFontT1 Courier-Oblique /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022023l.pfb displayFontT1 Courier-Bold /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022004l.pfb displayFontT1 Courier-BoldOblique /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022024l.pfb displayFontT1 Symbol /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/s050000l.pfb displayFontT1 ZapfDingbats /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/d050000l.pfb fontDir /usr/share/fonts/X11-TTF psFile "|lpr" psPaperSize letter #psPaperSize A4 textEOL unix enableT1lib yes enableFreeType yes antialias yes urlCommand "links -g %s" Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories pdffonts, pdfimages, pdfinfo, pdftoppm, pdftops, pdftotext, and xpdf None None Short Descriptions pdffonts lists the fonts used in a PDF file along with various information for each font. pdffonts pdfimages saves images from a PDF file as PPM, PBM, or JPEG files. pdfimages pdfinfo prints the contents of the 'Info' dictionary (plus some other useful information) from a PDF file. pdfinfo pdftoppm converts PDF files to PBM, PGM and PPM formats. pdftoppm pdftops converts PDF files to Postscript format. pdftops pdftotext parses ASCII text from PDF files. pdftotext xpdf displays files in PDF format. xpdf