Bug 415161

Summary:	Okular no longer rendering PostScript
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	sjx2170
Component:	PS backend	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, wbauer1
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	1.6.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description sjx2170 2019-12-14 04:25:36 UTC

SUMMARY
My system was recently updated to openSUSE Leap 15.1. Since then, Okular no longer opens PostScript files. Opening a ps file in Okular shows as ps text. Ghostscript and libspectre are still installed but ghostscript does not appear in the configure backends dialog box. How can I fix it?

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open PostScript file in Okular
2. 
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
PostScript Text

EXPECTED RESULT
Rendered PostScript Document

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.12.8
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.55.0
Qt Version: 5.9.7

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2019-12-14 09:39:06 UTC

You're using an version of Okular that's more than a year old. I would recommend that you contact the openSUSE folks as they should be the ones to provide support for old software. The developers can only feasibly support recent versions.

Comment 2 Wolfgang Bauer 2019-12-14 12:45:46 UTC

Install the package okular-spectre to enable PS support.
It's not installed by default because of security risks, see https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1122797 .

Comment 3 sjx2170 2019-12-14 18:40:52 UTC

Thank you Wolfgang Bauer!