Show HN: Pdf to json based on xpdf

#1

Post by ldenoue » Fri, Feb 10, 2017, 7:48 PM UTC

Re: Show HN: Pdf to json based on xpdf

#2

Post by vegetajs » Sat, Feb 11, 2017, 12:08 AM UTC

$ pdftojson input.pdf output1.json pdftojson: command not found

Ubuntu 16.10

#3

Post by nikmobi » Sat, Feb 11, 2017, 12:18 AM UTC

vegetajs wrote: post #2

$ pdftojson input.pdf output1.json pdftojson: command not found Ubuntu 16.10

am I missing something? why would you assume it's included by default in Ubuntu?

#4

Post by pkaeding » Sat, Feb 11, 2017, 4:15 AM UTC

vegetajs wrote: post #2

$ pdftojson input.pdf output1.json pdftojson: command not found Ubuntu 16.10

I think you forgot the configure/make dance?

#5

Post by ldenoue » Sat, Feb 11, 2017, 9:05 AM UTC

vegetajs wrote: post #2

$ pdftojson input.pdf output1.json pdftojson: command not found Ubuntu 16.10

Right: you need to compile it first. And then copy xpdf/pdftojson to your binary path like /usr/local/bin/pdftojson so that it is found

#6

Post by merb » Sat, Feb 11, 2017, 5:32 PM UTC

Should've used Popper-utils