Re: [Swftools-common] Linux compile error

[Chris Ohmstede]

On 11/08/2010 02:00 PM, Chris wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 20:33:44 +0000
> "Andreas M. Eberharter"<address@hidden>  wrote:
>
> > Thanks Chris and Chris,
> >
> > I managed to compile 0.9.1 (0.9.0 stops with compiling error).
> One problem solved, another rears it's ugly head.  The joys of computing! ;o)
>
> > So yes, I thought I am happy and tried out some pdf2swf commands. Strangely I 
> > get>  a long list of FONT errors:
> >
> > /usr/local/bin/pdf2swf -zi -T9 --flatten -s poly2bitmap -s subpixels=2 -s 
> > jpegquality=60 -s disablelinks -s protect -s zoom=14
> > Can you reproduce this? Or is it my system? The sample PDF I have tried is:
> > http://images.apple.com/finalcutstudio/docs/Final_Cut_Studio-In_depth.pdf
> No,  Converts without issue, from an 18MB pdf to a 224K swf, all 66 pages of it.
>
> Sounds like you need the relevant fonts in place.  This page may be a good 
> jumping
> off point,
>
>     http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/problems.html
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Chris.
Hi Andreas

Good to here you got the compile to work.  I also had no problem 
converting the pdf to an swf.  I have no idea where I got the font but 
you might want to try installing a couple of pdf viewers (Xpdf, Evince) 
and maybe the font will come with a dependency.

Chris