On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 14:12, Bev Nicolson lumos@gmx.co.uk wrote:
Ie, from a terminal window: evince "path/to/pdf/file"
Tried again just to see what happened having downloaded the file again. (It now opens nicely in Evince.) Still claims it is non-existent. How should I enter that command?
Sorry I wasn't very clear. You need to replace "path/to/pdf/file" with the path of the actual file you downloaded. Something like: evince "/home/bev/Downloads/MyPdf.pdf"
You might find it easier to navigate to the right directory first: cd cd Downloads ls -tr evince "MyPDF.pdf"
Note that the first cd (change directory) command without a directory will take you to your home directory. "ls -tr" lists ("ls") all files in the directory by time ("t") in reverse order ("r") so if you've just downloaded the file it'll be at the end of the list making it easier to find. You'll need to enter the correct filename (and it's case sensitive) in the last line. You don't need to enclose it in quotes unless it has special characters like spaces in it, but it does no harm!
Mark