There's no need to bother with this. Both GNOME and KDE have their own PDF 
viewers (ggv and kghostview respectively) which use GhostScript for the 
translation. There is also xpdf, which can read some files that the others 
can't (since it doesn't use GhostScript).

On Sat, 28 Jul 2001 09:31, Romanator wrote:
> John,
>
> You will need the following:
>
> acroread 4.0.5-6mdk
> and
> acroread-nppdf 4.0.5-6mdk
> (for Netscape plugin)
>
> Roman
> Registered Linux User #179293
> "su is not the root of your problem
>     but the start of a new journey"
>
> John Rigby wrote:
> > Hi Sridhar,
> > In its default state, my M8 won't recognise PDF format.
> > Guess I'll have to install it - so many people use the silly thing
> > today...........  :-)
> > But I would have thought it would have been a default.
> >
> > On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:21, you manipulated electrons to produce:
> > > IBM have just released a great FAQ titled "Transitioning from
> > > Windows to Linux". I had a look at it and it appears quite
> > > Newbie-friendly:
> > >
> > > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-faq/?open&l=2
> > >52,t=grl,p=LinuxFAQ
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> >
> > John
> > http://counter.li.org GO HERE IF YOU SUPPORT LINUX!
> >
> > Fablor is now Webhosting?? What on earth for??
> > Info here: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > (it's only an Autoresponder)  :-)

-- 
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
        "There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
        LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
                -- Jeremy S. Anderson


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