Marc  writes:

>Frank Winkler  wrote:

>>   >Acroread 8.1.1 is also only available on SPARC (and is quite a pita to
>>   >install because it requires you to find all kinds of libraries it needs;
>>   >some of which are indeed not part of S10 but on Solaris Nevada it should
>>   >just run out of the box)
>> 
>> I know - I once tried to upgrade v7 to v8 and found exactly that.

>Have you tried using xpdf? It works quite well, usually much faster than
>its derivatives like evince. You could also try jpedal (never tried it
>myself).

How well does xpdf build and run under Solaris 9 or 10 on Sparc and/or on
x86?

I've had some bad experience trying to get xpdf to build let alone run under
Solaris 9 on Sparc. Haven't got an x86-based Solaris system to try it on.

Craig.
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:35:40 +0000, Craig Ian Dewick wrote:

> Marc  writes:
> 
>>Frank Winkler  wrote:
> 
>>>   >Acroread 8.1.1 is also only available on SPARC (and is quite a pita
>>>   >to install because it requires you to find all kinds of libraries it
>>>   >needs; some of which are indeed not part of S10 but on Solaris
>>>   >Nevada it should just run out of the box)
>>> 
>>> I know - I once tried to upgrade v7 to v8 and found exactly that.
> 
>>Have you tried using xpdf? It works quite well, usually much faster than
>>its derivatives like evince. You could also try jpedal (never tried it
>>myself).
> 
> How well does xpdf build and run under Solaris 9 or 10 on Sparc and/or on
> x86?
> 

Just download from the likes of http://www.blastwave.org


> I've had some bad experience trying to get xpdf to build let alone run
> under Solaris 9 on Sparc. Haven't got an x86-based Solaris system to try
> it on.
> 
> Craig.
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