Re: how to edit a pdf file in linux
Jerome BENOIT wrote:
>>>I have just complete a PDF form using both acrobat reader and ps2dpf as
>>>follows:
>>>1] I filled the form;
>>>2] I printed the completed form as (PS) file;
>>>3] I converted the PS output into PDF output with ps2pdf.
>>>
> The PDF form was created (Creator) by `Adobe PageMaker 7.0' and produced
> (Producer) by `Acrobat Distiller 5.0.2 for Macintosh',
> and I used `acroread'.
I don't know if the result will be what you're looking for, but Adobe has a
free non-free "acroread" for Linux. It can be found through this URI for
/etc/apt/sources.list ::
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
The commands:
apt-get update
apt-get install acroread
and the package info:
Package: acroread
Priority: optional
Section: text
Installed-Size: 25232
Maintainer: Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 5.09-woody0.0
Provides: pdf-viewer, postscript-preview
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), xlibs (>> 4.1.0), acroread-debian-files (>= 0.0.4)
Filename: pool/main/a/acroread/acroread_5.09-woody0.0_i386.deb
Size: 9170358
MD5sum: f690815d0067baa31b4fd0eae2f506b7
Description: Adobe Acrobat Reader: Portable Document Format file viewer
Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing and printing Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) files.
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Home Page: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html
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