---
name: "xfig-pdf-viewer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xfig-doc"
version: "1:3.2.7a-3"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xfig-pdf-viewer"
---

# xfig-pdf-viewer(1)

view a PDF document using a PDF browser under X11

## NAME

xfig-pdf-viewer - view a PDF document using a PDF browser under X11

## SYNOPSIS

**xfig-pdf-viewer** *file.pdf*

## DESCRIPTION

**xfig-pdf-viewer** is a little shell script, which tries to find out which PDF viewers you have installed on your system and then starts them. **xfig-pdf-viewer** tries the following PDF viewers with descending priority:

- \-

  [**xpdf**(1)](/xpdf/1.md)

- \-

  [**okular**(1)](/okular/1.md)

- \-

  [**evince**(1)](/evince/1.md)

- \-

  **acroread**(1)

- \-

  [**ViewPDF**(1)](/ViewPDF/1.md)

- \-

  [**gv**(1)](/gv/1.md)

- \-

  [**zathura**(1)](/zathura/1.md)

- \-

  **epdfviewer**(1)

If the environment variable **PDFVIEWER** is set, this is used with highest priority.

## ENVIRONMENT

- PDFVIEWER

  you can define your favorite browser with this variable, it overrides the priority of the above mentioned viewers.

## AUTHOR

Roland Rosenfeld \<roland@spinnaker.de\>

## SEE ALSO

[**xpdf**(1)](/xpdf/1.md), [**okular**(1)](/okular/1.md), [**evince**(1)](/evince/1.md), **acroread**(1), [**ViewPDF**(1)](/ViewPDF/1.md), [**gv**(1)](/gv/1.md), [**zathura**(1)](/zathura/1.md), **epdfviewerx**(1)