On projects.gnome.org I read that evince/Document Viewer
supports xps-files. But when I try to open an xps-file I get the error message
Unable to open document
File type Zip archive (application/zip) is not supported
Reading "the full list of supported document formats" on live.gnome.org I can't find xps there.
Now I ask myself (and you): Isn't Document Viewer
able to open xps-files, or is there something wrong with that xps-file I try to open?
I specifically want to do this with Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric.
I'd like to see a solution for Evince
or Gnome in general, not get a recommendation for a KDE application like here.
Best Answer
There is nothing wrong with what you are doing, the problem is that for Ubuntu 11.10 the necessary library to open .xps files was not included and at the moment there is no package for it.
This has apparently and possibly will be included by default in Ubuntu 12.04.
You can add support to convert .xps files in to another format tough. On the packager's PPA you can read
That means that you can add the PPA to your system and at least convert your .xps to another format that can be opened in your system.
To do that add the PPA to your system
Update and install the necessary tools to convert your files
You will then be able to convert your .xps files in to another format as described in the PPA description
will convert a file called
foo_file.xps
in to a .pdf file.For more information on PPAs and how to use them please have a look at any of these 2 posts