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Sun, 6 Aug 2023 17:16:06 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <5174dbf5f6d53766@eddie.fios-router.home> (aalinovi@riseup.net's message of "Sun, 06 Aug 2023 09:43:03 -0400") Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; keydata= mDMEZBBQQhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAHJuofBrfqFh12uQu0Yi7mrl525F28eTmwUDflFNmdui0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiWBBMWCAA+FiEEDg7HY17ghYlni8XN8xYDWXahwukFAmQQUEICGwMFCQHhM4AFCwkI BwIGFQoJCAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQ8xYDWXahwulikAEA77hloUiSrXgFkUVJhlKBpLCHUjA0 mWZ9j9w5d08+jVwBAK6c4iGP7j+/PhbkxaEKa4V3MzIl7zJkcNNjHCXmvFcEuDgEZBBQQhIKKwYB BAGXVQEFAQEHQI5NLiLRjZy3OfSt1dhCmFyn+fN/QKELUYQetiaoe+MMAwEIB4h+BBgWCAAmFiEE Dg7HY17ghYlni8XN8xYDWXahwukFAmQQUEICGwwFCQHhM4AACgkQ8xYDWXahwukm+wEA8cml4JpK NeAu65rg+auKrPOP6TP/4YWRCTIvuYDm0joBALw98AMz7/qMHvSCeU/hw9PL6u6R2EScxtpKnWof z4oM Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout02.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -53 X-Spam_score: -5.4 X-Spam_bar: ----- X-Spam_report: (-5.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=-1, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:144645 Archived-At: aalinovi@riseup.net writes: > Several days ago I wrote about the problems I was having getting > pdf-tools to install. > I'd like to that Eli and tpeplt for taking the time to respond. > > Unfortunately, I still can't get it working. > I followed Eli's advice re aclocal but then trying pdf-tools-install returns: > > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Building the PDF Tools server failed") > signal(error ("Building the PDF Tools server failed")) > error("%s" "Building the PDF Tools server failed") > #f(compiled-function (executable) #)(nil) > #f(compiled-function (buffer status) #)(# commpilation*> "exited abnormally with code 1\n") > run-hook-with-args(#f(compiled-function (buffer status) # -0x1dcd21fe4553cec5>) # "exited abnormally with code 1\n") > compilation-handle-exit(exit 1 "exited abnormally with code 1\n") > compilation-sentinel(# "exited abnormally with code 1\n" It is not particularly difficult to interpret the stack trace, it just doesn't contain enough information to tell exactly what the issue was. A subprocess failed, possibly due to missing build-time dependencies. Unless I am mistaken, you should be able to see what went wrong in the "*compilation*" buffer. > I don't expect to have anyone take the time to interpret this for me > so I may just go with tpeplt's suggestion and simply > use DocView. I also have OpenWith installed so I could set that up to > open pdf files in Zathura. If you are on Emacs 29 or newer and have mutools[0] installed, check out the `doc-view-mupdf-use-svg' user option. It improves the readability significantly. [0] https://mupdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mupdf-command-line.html#mutool > Arthur