<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Question: <span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class="">How can I configure okular so as to recognize and open pdf files? </span><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class="">When I start okular.app and try to open a pdf file</span><font size="2" class="">…</font></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- pdf is not listed in the supported file types; and</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- if I directly type the name of a file in the current directory, I get a pop-up saying the file cannot be found.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class="">Is there some missing plugin and, if so, how do I install it? Or some configuration step still to do.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class="">What I did:</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="">Following instructions at <a href="https://trac.macports.org/wiki/KDE" class="">https://trac.macports.org/wiki/KDE</a>, I’ve instralled okular and its various dependencies and:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class="">sudo port install kde4-workspace qtcurve</span><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class="">kbuildsycoca4</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Then I used the KDE4 systemsettings.app to configure QtCurve as the KDE style, as stated.</div><div class="">Further, I did:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class="">sudo port install poppler +qt4 +quartz</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>sudo port clean okular</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>sudo port install okular</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class="">Before starting okular, I ran:</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class="">launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist</span></div><div class=""> <span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class="">launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macports.kdecache.plist</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class="">But when I start okular.app and try to open a pdf file</span><font size="2" class="">…</font></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- pdf is not listed in the supported file types; and</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- if I directly type the name of a file in the current directory, I get a pop-up saying the file cannot be found.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class="">(I am aware of various discussions elsewhere about the same issue under Linux, where, e.g., it is suggested to do one of these things:</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, "Lucida Console", "Liberation Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", "Courier New", monospace, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: inherit; caret-color: rgb(36, 39, 41); color: rgb(36, 39, 41); font-size: 13px;" class="">sudo apt-get install kdelibs5-plugins kdelibs5-data oxygen-icon-theme</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, "Lucida Console", "Liberation Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", "Courier New", monospace, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: inherit; caret-color: rgb(36, 39, 41); color: rgb(36, 39, 41); font-size: 13px;" class="">sudo chown -R youruser .kdE</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, "Lucida Console", "Liberation Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", "Courier New", monospace, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: inherit; caret-color: rgb(36, 39, 41); color: rgb(36, 39, 41); font-size: 13px;" class=""> sudo chgrp -R youruser .kde</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class="">However, those packages are not available in macports, and I find no file .kde on my system.)</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><font size="2" class="">[There’s another issue: when I start okular, each window flashes between black text on light background and the reverse.]</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);" class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class="">
---<br class="">Murray Eisenberg<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="mailto:murrayeisenberg@gmail.com" class="">murrayeisenberg@gmail.com</a><br class="">503 King Farm Blvd #101<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Home (240)-246-7240<br class="">Rockville, MD 20850-6667<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mobile (413)-427-5334<br class=""><br class="">
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