Re: [orca-list] PDF viewers

[Daniel Dalton <d dalton iinet net au>]

On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 07:51:13PM -0400, Rich Caloggero wrote:
> Has anyone used open office to convert / read pdfs?  I believe you can  
> convert to pdf from open office writer, but can you read PDF documents in 
> open office?  I have not installed open office because it prevented my  
> system from receiving needed updates.  As soon as I removed  
> openoffice.org-core, aptitude stopped polling for open office updates and 

Why not use the "hold" option?
aptitude hold openoffice.org-core

I think should work.

Daniel.