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  • 1.  PDF in AIX

    Posted 03/04/26 03:15 AM

    Hello, is there any PDF tool can be installed in AIX7.3 or AIX 7.2



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    tareq nofal
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  • 2.  RE: PDF in AIX

    Posted 03/05/26 01:12 AM

    What is the use case here ?
    AIX Toolbox has Ghostscript which can convert PostScript files to PDF.  Also there is a2ps and enscript which can convert text files to PostScript. 



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    Ayappan P
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  • 3.  RE: PDF in AIX

    Posted 03/05/26 01:51 AM

    Hello dear, 

    the case is needed for reading an PDF output from the core system



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    tareq nofal
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  • 4.  RE: PDF in AIX

    Posted 03/06/26 01:02 AM

    There are a few Python libraries that can extract data from PDFs that ought to work on AIX.  Are they pure text or more complicated?  Extracting other kinds of data, pictures, tables, etc. can be a pain depending on how the PDF was created...



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    Christopher Petersen
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  • 5.  RE: PDF in AIX

    Posted 03/06/26 07:46 AM

    PDF document readers are actually a graphical application (i.e. not plain text).

    • It is very rare to have a graphic screen + adapter and a keyboard and mouse on any AIX server.
    • You would also need to be running X Windows.
    • Also rare is for users to be logged in to AIX itself.

    One way to dodge this problem is to note that 99.999% of users are running a PC or a Laptop.

    • So the core system makes a pdf file download link available. Normally, via a website.
    • The user then clicks it and uses a local PC/Laptop PDF viewer.

    Hope this helps, N



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    Nigel Griffiths - IBM retired
    London, UK
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