Howto Open a PDF file under Linux / FreeBSD
值得注意的是在终端 terminal 中查看pdf文件的方法。
PDF is an acronym for Portable Document Format. It is a proprietary file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing two-dimensional documents in a device independent and resolution independent format. You can open pdf file using graphical as well as command line tools (i.e. without GUI). Linux supports following PDF viewer under X window:
◾Gnome pdf viewer (gpdf)
◾KDE pdf viewer (kpdf)
◾xpdf
◾Official Adobe acrobat reader
Graphic pdf viewer under Linux/FreeBSD
If you are using Gnome desktop...
Open a shell prompt and type the command:
$ gpdf file.pdf
在RHEL5 gpdf 已经被舍弃,换做命令 evince
or:
$ evince file.pdf
If you are using KDE desktop...
Open a shell prompt and type the command:
$ kpdf file.pdf
You can also click on K icon > Select Graphics > Select PDF viewer
Console pdf viewer under Linux/FreeBSD
Console pdf viewer
As far as I know there is no console based PDF viewer exists. But you can use the following trick to open a PDF file:
a) First install pdftohtml - A command-line tool for converting pdf-files into html and other formats.
Debian User install pdftohtml using following command:
# apt-get install pdftohtml
Red Hat / Fedora user install pdftohtml using following command:
# yum install pdftohtml
FreeBSD user install pdftohtml using following command:
# pkg_add -v -r pdftohtml
OR use ports collection:
# cd /usr/ports/textproc/pdftohtml
# make; make install
The idea is very simple you will use a pdftohtml program to convert a PDF file into html, xml and png images and then display them using text browser such as elinks or lynx. This is useful when you works on remote server or if GUI is not available:
For example to convert CH09.PDF file you need to type the following set of commands:
$ pdftohtml CH09.PDF
$ lynx CH09.html
OR
$ elinks CH09.html
You can also convert a PDF file to text file using following command:
$ pdftotext CH09.pdf
$ vi CH09.txt
See also
=> You can get Official Adobe acrobat reader here for UNIX/Linux oses.