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Gulam Mohiuddin
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How to open and read Adobe PDF file on HP-UX server.

I have following file on our HP-UX 11i Server which I want to read on the server itself (don’t want to copy/ftp over network to somewhere else).

/usr/emc/VolumeLogix/emc_install.pdf


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Gulam.
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Robert-Jan Goossens
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Re: How to open and read Adobe PDF file on HP-UX server.

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html

select linux/unix

version:hp-ux

download and install the acrobat reader.

regards,
Robert-Jan
Pete Randall
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Re: How to open and read Adobe PDF file on HP-UX server.

After you get it installed, you simply do "acroread /usr/emc/VolumeLogix/emc_install.pdf".


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Gulam Mohiuddin
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Re: How to open and read Adobe PDF file on HP-UX server.

There is no other way or built in software in HP-UX Operating System?

Can I use Browser on th HP-UX Server to read PDF files?

Thanks,

gulam.
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Pete Randall
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Re: How to open and read Adobe PDF file on HP-UX server.

Even the browser will need the Acrobat reader.


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Robert-Jan Goossens
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Re: How to open and read Adobe PDF file on HP-UX server.

Bill Hassell
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Re: How to open and read Adobe PDF file on HP-UX server.

Servers are not well equipped to handle graphics applications like Acrobat files. The Adobe Acroread program requires an Xwindow display device. If you had an HP-UX workstation rather than a server, you would have a video screen to see the image. The alternative is to install an Xwindows emulator on your PC, but that is a lot of work just to avoid ftp.

As far as a browser, you have to install Apache and configure it so you can click on the file. Your PC would then connect to the HP-UX web server and display the file locally. Again, a lot of work just to avoid ftp.

Also, the Acroread program on HP-UX only prints images in Postscript so if you don't have a Postscript printer, you'll still have another conversion required to print from Acroread.


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Steven Schweda
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Re: How to open and read Adobe PDF file on HP-UX server.

There's also Xpdf.

http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/

You'd still need an X server somewhere to
provide a display.