How to install Impressive?
Posted: Mon 31 Oct 2011, 14:08
I would like to install in Puppy 5.2.8 a Presentation Software called Impressive, which is a program that displays presentation slides: http://impressive.sourceforge.net/
The Web site indicates:
The following software packages are required or recommended to use Impressive:
• Python 2.3, 2.4 or 2.5 — www.python.org (required)
• PyOpenGL (the OpenGL binding for Python) — pyopengl.sourceforge.net (required)
• PyGame (the SDL binding for Python) — www.pygame.org (required)
• PIL, the Python Imaging Library — www.pythonware.com/products/pil (required)
• Xpdf for PDF rendering — www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ (strongly recommended)
• GhostScript for alternate PDF rendering — www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost (optional if Xpdf is present, strongly recommended if it's not)
• pdftk for retrieving PDF metadata (page titles, hyperlinks) — www.accesspdf.com/pdftk (optional, recommended)
• xdg-utils for starting web or e-mail hyperlinks from PDF documents — portland.freedesktop.org (optional, not required on Win32)
• MPlayer for sound and video playback — www.mplayerhq.hu (optional)
Debian users can install all these packages at once by typing:
aptitude install python python-opengl python-pygame python-imaging xpdf-reader gs pdftk xdg-utils mplayer
Generic Installation
After installing the prerequisites mentioned, extract the file impressive.py from the downloadable archive. You can either start it directly or copy it to some location in your $PATH (~/bin or /usr/local/bin are good candidates).
To start a presentation, simply type something like:
impressive.py demo.pdf
Are there pup files to install the requierements, and the main program?
I downloaded the program, then, the zipped file appeared and I did not know how to proceed.
I think this is a posible alternative of a stand alone program to open powerpoint files and edit them.
Please advise. Thank you.
The Web site indicates:
The following software packages are required or recommended to use Impressive:
• Python 2.3, 2.4 or 2.5 — www.python.org (required)
• PyOpenGL (the OpenGL binding for Python) — pyopengl.sourceforge.net (required)
• PyGame (the SDL binding for Python) — www.pygame.org (required)
• PIL, the Python Imaging Library — www.pythonware.com/products/pil (required)
• Xpdf for PDF rendering — www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ (strongly recommended)
• GhostScript for alternate PDF rendering — www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost (optional if Xpdf is present, strongly recommended if it's not)
• pdftk for retrieving PDF metadata (page titles, hyperlinks) — www.accesspdf.com/pdftk (optional, recommended)
• xdg-utils for starting web or e-mail hyperlinks from PDF documents — portland.freedesktop.org (optional, not required on Win32)
• MPlayer for sound and video playback — www.mplayerhq.hu (optional)
Debian users can install all these packages at once by typing:
aptitude install python python-opengl python-pygame python-imaging xpdf-reader gs pdftk xdg-utils mplayer
Generic Installation
After installing the prerequisites mentioned, extract the file impressive.py from the downloadable archive. You can either start it directly or copy it to some location in your $PATH (~/bin or /usr/local/bin are good candidates).
To start a presentation, simply type something like:
impressive.py demo.pdf
Are there pup files to install the requierements, and the main program?
I downloaded the program, then, the zipped file appeared and I did not know how to proceed.
I think this is a posible alternative of a stand alone program to open powerpoint files and edit them.
Please advise. Thank you.