[Evince](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evince "w:Evince") is a document viewer for multiple document formats.

Evince is specifically designed to support the file following formats: PDF, Postscript, djvu, tiff, dvi, XPS, SyncTex support with gedit, comics books (cbr,cbz,cb7 and cbt). For a comprehensive list of formats supported, see Supported Document Formats.

Evince uses the poppler library as a backend.

## Installation

[Install](/index.php/Install "Install") the [evince](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=evince) package, or [evince-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/evince-git/) for the development version. Evince installs the gnome-desktop as a dependency

For a standalone version install [evince-no-gnome](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/evince-no-gnome/) or the light version [evince-light](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/evince-light/) for pdf support only.

## See also

*   [Evince website](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince)
*   [Poppler website](http://poppler.freedesktop.org/)
*   [Page „PDF reference“ from Adobe](http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html)