I can't open a downloaded PDF file with Document Viewer. I get:
Unable to open document “file:///home/myuser/myfile.pdf”. File type
Perl script (application/x-perl) is not supported
The same file opens fine with Print Preview (GNOME Document Previewer) as well as on my son's Windows 7 box with Acrobat.
What's missing?
Best Answer
Based on the information you provided, the mentioned file is a perl application, despite being saved as pdf file.
Just to make sure what is the true type of your file, use the
file
command like this:and make sure it is the result be something like this: