MuPDF-1.16.1

Introduction to MuPDF

MuPDF is a lightweight PDF and XPS viewer.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.0 platform.

Package Information

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MuPDF Dependencies

Required

Xorg Libraries

Recommended

Optional

xdg-utils-1.1.3 (runtime), jbig2dec, and MuJS

Required (runtime)

X Window System

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/mupdf

Installation of MuPDF

Install MuPDF by running the following commands:

patch -Np1 -i ../mupdf-1.16.1-shared_libs-1.patch &&

USE_SYSTEM_LIBS=yes make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

USE_SYSTEM_LIBS=yes                     \
make prefix=/usr                        \
     build=release                      \
     docdir=/usr/share/doc/mupdf-1.16.1 \
     install                            &&

ln -sfv mupdf-x11 /usr/bin/mupdf        &&
ldconfig

Command Explanations

ln -sfv mupdf-x11 /usr/bin/mupdf : This symbolic link chooses between mupdf-gl and mupdf-x11 when running mupdf.

Contents

Installed Program: mupdf(symlink), mupdf-gl, mupdf-x11, and mutool
Installed Libraries: libmupdf.so, libmupdfthird.so, libmupkcs7.so, and libmuthreads.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/mupdf, /usr/share/doc/mupdf-1.16.1

Short Descriptions

mupdf

is a program for viewing PDF, XPS, EPUB, and CBZ documents, and various image formats such as PNG, JPEG, GIFF, and TIFF.

mupdf-gl

same as mupdf, using an opengl renderer.

mupdf-x11

same as mupdf, using an X Window renderer.

libmupdf.so

contains the mupdf API functions.

libmupdfthird.so

contains the third party libraries compiled for mudpf.

Last updated on 2019-08-19 11:11:15 -0700