[Bug 322203] [NEW] kpdf, kghostview packages have no installation candidate in 8.10

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Binary package hint: okular

I am running Kubuntu 8.10 with these apt repositories:

intrepid main universe multiverse
intrepid-updates main universe
intrepid-backports main universe
intrepid-security main universe multiverse

All of the pdf packages I am used to are nonexistant in KDE 4 (with the
exception of xpdf).

When I attempt to install kpdf, kghostview, ghostview, or gpdf, they all say:
Package gpdf is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package gpdf has no installation candidate

In the case of kpdf and kghostview, attempting to install them should instead install "okular".
In the case of gpdf, it should attempt to install "evince" or "epdfview".
ghostview should recommend ghostscript or something else of that nature.

The expected behavior is to be a virtual package for whatever it has
been renamed to, not to drop support for the old names altogether

Personally I find the change of names very confusing and it doesn't make
sense why the names couldn't be kept the same and include "pdf" or
"ghostview" so they can be found easier (trademark or patent issues?)

** Affects: kdegraphics (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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kpdf, kghostview packages have no installation candidate in 8.10
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322203
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