evince

GNOME document viewer for PDF and PostScript

TLDR

Open a document

$ evince [path/to/file.pdf]

Open several documents at once

$ evince [path/to/file1.pdf] [path/to/file2.pdf]

Jump straight to a page by its position in the file

$ evince --page-index [5] [path/to/file.pdf]

Jump to a page by its printed label, which may not be a plain number

$ evince --page-label [iv] [path/to/file.pdf]

Open with a search already running

$ evince --find "[keyword]" [path/to/file.pdf]

Start full screen

$ evince --fullscreen [path/to/file.pdf]

Start in presentation mode

$ evince --presentation [path/to/slides.pdf]

Open in preview mode, which shows a print toolbar

$ evince --preview [path/to/file.pdf]

Jump to a named destination inside the document

$ evince --named-dest [chapter1] [path/to/file.pdf]

evince is the GNOME document viewer supporting PDF, PostScript, DjVu, TIFF, and other formats. It provides annotation support, form filling, and presentation mode.Integrates with GNOME desktop services for printing and file management.

PARAMETERS

-f, --fullscreen

Open in fullscreen mode

-s, --presentation

Open in presentation mode

-i, --page-index page

Open at specific page

-l, --page-label label

Open at page with label

-w, --preview

Run in preview mode

INSTALL

sudo apt install evince

sudo dnf install evince

sudo pacman -S evince

sudo apk add evince

sudo zypper install evince

brew install evince

nix profile install nixpkgs#evince

CAVEATS

GNOME desktop application. Some features require poppler library. Large documents may consume significant memory.

RESOURCES

Source code · Homepage