On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 7:12 AM Mike Castle <dalgoda+deb...@gmail.com> wrote: ... > You could be missing a package that evince expects to be there, but > there is a missing dependency (likely, making it a Debian problem).
I think you're onto something. I installed both Okular and Xpdf, exercised them, and remembered why I wasn't fond of them. I just removed them both and Evince no longer is putting out the error messages. Sounds like a Debian bug as you said. > However, there is another site listed in the man page: > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/issues , and that does appear to That works great, thanks! I'm so glad it's still being maintained. > Chrome supports PDFs natively. Also, before I started using evince, I > used to use gv (based on ghostview) quite a bit.. Yes, I used gv and gvv a lot when I was developing PostScript products heavily. They were very useful. > The following seems to list most of the various programs discussed in this > thread, plus a > couple of others: > apt-cache search pdf-viewer Thanks so much Mike! And also many thanks to all my Debian friends who answered. I think my side of this thread is done now. "Merry Christmas to all and t all a good night!" -Tom