Re: [gentoo-user] acrobat reader

[Charlotte Delenk <darkkirb@darkkirb.de>]

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On 9/22/21 21:29, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> On 9/22/21 1:19 PM, Jack wrote:
>> On 2021.09.22 15:06, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
>>> I have a pdf fillable form which I can only open in acrobat reader on Windows.
>>>
>>> Which package do I use to read these form on Gentoo?
>> You should be able to read them with any PDF reader.  Not all readers will allow you to fill in the forms and save with the inserted data.  I use Okular for that, but the dependencies may be a lot if you don't already run KDE.  I wouldn't be surprised if the Gnome PDF reader (evince?) can also do it.
>>
>> Jack
> I have evince, it will not open it.
>
> This is the form I'm trying to open:
>
> https://cfr.forms.gov.ab.ca/Form/AHC0102.pdf
>
The javascript code embedded inside explicitely checks for acrobat 
reader version 9.0 or newer, as well as "XFA" (whatever that is) version 
2.0 or newer. Maybe try installing app-emulation/wine and then running 
acrobat reader using wine?

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