On 06/26/2008 08:18 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I tried to use Foxit from Linux, but the Linux version won't launch. I > got it from: > > http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/desklinux/ > > It downloads a tar.gz file, except the file on my hard drive turns out > to be just a .tar file. Nevertheless, File Roller was happy to > uncompress it. But what I got was a file called ReaderLinux with no > extension. It's properties says it is an executable, but it won't do > anything. From the command line "ReaderLinux" just gives me "not a > command" error. > > The web site says it is a single executable, but how is one supposed to > execute it?
Perhaps this will help: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Foxit Note: I've not tried it (yet). I'll give it a go & let you know what the result is. > > Meantime, I have no problem creating editable PDFs from Writer and > Adobe Reader 8.1 Linux happily lets me edit them. But as others have > noted, you can only print the edited copy, not save to disk. I do have > a workaround because I installed CUPS print to PDF utility. I can also > save an edited copy with okular, a native Linux PDF viewer, but okular > doesn't allow editing of all controls yet. I was hoping Foxit would be > an easier solution. sudo apt-get install pdfedit Will let you edit pdf's. I've not figured out how to use it to modify forms. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
