On Friday, August 29, 2014 07:17:49 PM Doug wrote:
On 08/29/2014 04:43 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2014-08-29 18:48, Doug wrote:
On 08/29/2014 07:28 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Foxit for Linux is obsolete and unmaintained: it is abandonware (version 1). You have to use the Windows version under Wine instead (I have version 6).
It figures. Anything that works gets discontinued! I don't care if it's not maintained. That's surely an advantage--it won't get broken! I'll make sure to install it on all my computers while it's still in my repos.
Don't.
Well, I can't anyway--there doesn't seem to be a 64-bit version. But I'll keep it on my 32-bit machine. I don't have any other way of turning pdfs into usable text. (As I mentioned, I would pay a reasonable price for such a program, but AFAIK, it doesn't exist, even for money.)
--doug
http://en.opensuse.org/Adobe_Reader
«has security issues»
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/11/foxit_pdf_plugin_vuln/
«A new security bug in the popular Foxit PDF reader plugin for web browsers allows miscreants to compromise computers and install malware. There's no patch for this zero-day vulnerability. ... Versions 5.4.4.1128 and older are affected. The plugin is available for a number of operating systems, including Linux and Symbian, but the bug is at least confirmed in the Microsoft Windows build.»
Just a quick search. I have found lists of Foxit vulnerabilities in Windows, patched, but the Linux version has never been updated..
Apparently you have to use the "custom" install, and make sure to uncheck "conduit". The version I have in wine is a bit older than this crap described in those links.
Yes, make sure you uncheck conduit. It's a virus, even tho the virus people won't admit it.
Not fully true.
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/a159d4c2c7739a7b23f5e09b8c94c5863 1d18db68962aeedb994a99fbc91ff38/analysis/
Apparently Malwarebytes blocks installation of Foxit.
The technical term appears to be "PUPs".
Have you tried the command line command "pdftotext" Works great on my pdfs that are text only, have not tried one with graphics but the following also exist: AUTHOR The pdftotext software and documentation are copyright 1996-2011 Glyph & Cog, LLC. SEE ALSO pdfdetach(1), pdffonts(1), pdfimages(1), pdfinfo(1), pdftocairo(1), pdftohtml(1), pdftoppm(1), pdftops(1) Above are from the pdftotext ,am page. What I do is convert to text file (.txt), then read into Libreoffice writer, make changes and then save as different name pdf. The pdfto image creates a pdf file to an image which can then be modified with your graphics application I think. Russ -- openSUSE 13.1(Linux 3.11.10-21-desktop x86_64| Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz|8GB DDR3| GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.32)|KDE 4.13.3 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org