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PDF reader problems

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I've got a PDF document that I would like to be able to read... but for some reason a number of the embedded pictures and graphs don't display cleanly when opened in evince or okular on Ubuntu 13.04 (they display normally in Adobe Acrobat Reader on Windows 7). I've tried downloading and installing Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.5 and FoxIt Reader 1.1 in .deb format and get warnings about bad packaging format, etc. Even when I click thru to install anyway, the install process would hang up over and over again.

Are there any other viable options out there?

Just for reference, here is a download link for the offending file if anyone cares to test it on their machine (warning - 67+MB file):

EPRI Power System Dynamics Tutorial

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answered 2 Years ago scrubuz · Accepted Answer

I can confirm the issue on Ubuntu 12.04 with Evince 3.4.0 installed. Given how this occurs both under Evince and Okular it's likely an issue with the PDF backend, libpoppler. You might want to report a bug and link to the sample file. That's the only surefire way to get this fixed.

As a workaround I would advise to use Chrome's inbuilt (and proprietary) PDF viewer. Also, you should be able to install Adobe Reader from the Ubuntu Software Center. It should take care of all the dependency issues automatically.