How to view .pdf file under FC1 and Motherboard upgrade question.

[Clint Harshaw]

David Le wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm a new user of FC1 and would like to know if there
> is a way to view an .pdf file under FC1. I heard about
> xpdf and tried this command, but it said:
> 
> bash: xpdf: command not found

Hi David, and welcome to Fedora!

The response you are getting at the terminal indicates your installation 
of Fedora did not include the xpdf program. Since you are new to FC1, 
I'll take the liberty of introducing you to a very good program that 
will allow you to easily install xpdf, it is called yum. There is a fine 
tutorial on how to set up yum to handle all of your updates and software 
management at this url:

http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc1/#InstallSoftware

Notice in particular the url -- this is the correct fedorafaq.org page 
for you to use with FC1 (since FC2 is out, there is a separate page for it).

You can read all of that and set yum up, or you can follow these 
instructions to accomplish the same thing:

1. open a terminal and as root, save this file as /etc/yum.conf:
     http://penguinsolutions.org/fedora/yum.conf

2. then install the xpdf program with this command given at a root prompt:
     yum install xpdf

To update your system, run this command at a root prompt:
     yum update

If this is the first time you have updated your system, then prepare for 
a loooootttttt of files to be downloaded and installed.

So give it a go and let us know how it goes. Again, welcome to Fedora Core!

Hope this helps,
Clint