Re: xpdf won't show lily's PDF file

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "David" == David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

    David> Laura Conrad <address@hidden> writes:
    >> My system in currently in dependency hell, so I'm sure this isn't either
    >> a lilypond problem or an xpdf problem, but an  ubuntu package manager
    >> problem.  (If anyone tells you ubuntu has 32-bit executables installing
    >> seamlessly on a 64-bit system, they haven't tested it much.)
    >> 
    >> But if someone knows off the top of their heads why evince and gv can
    >> read the lilypond output with no problem, but xpdf comes up and then
    >> gives pages and pages of errors like:
    >> 
    >> ...
    >> and then segfaults, it might help me fix the dependency problem.

    David> That's not a dependency problem, and it is not a LilyPond problem.  
xpdf
    David> will segfault on any PDF file.  Install an older dpkg package (I have
    David> 3.02-21 I think, the Ubuntu one has a slightly different number) and
    David> mark it as holded.  Don't ask me why Ubuntu considers providing a
    David> segfaulting binary a good idea.

Thanks.  I had to also install and hold older versions of libpoppler13
and libjpeg62, but I do have a working xpdf now.  


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