Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:44:34 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: rod@capitalwebcreations.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pdftotext binary Message-ID: <20050817054434.GA19889@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <4302A065.5090700@daleco.biz> References: <20050817012329.1590.qmail@web53011.mail.yahoo.com> <4302A065.5090700@daleco.biz>
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On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 09:26:45PM -0500, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Rodney Phillips wrote: > > >I am using PowWeb for my hosting. They are using > >FreeBSD Unix 5.13 for their systems. > > > > > > Hmm, really? The last 5.X release was 5.4, and 6.0 is > on the way, so I doubt FreeBSD will ever reach 5.13 - > and, if it does, it'll likely be in 2008-2009 or so. You > might want to ask for clarification on this. > > > > >I need pdftotext binaries to upload to their server. > > > >Can anyone point me to these binaries? > > > > > > > Perhaps Google. Or someone else. I can find no > "pdftotext" in the ports tree (about 10000 > programs there). I might suggest xpdf as an > alternative, but I only assume it does ASCII, as > I've not used the port: > > Port: xpdf-3.00_6 > Path: /usr/ports/graphics/xpdf > Info: Display PDF files, and convert them to other formats > Maint: nork@FreeBSD.org > B-deps: autoconf-2.59_2 expat-1.95.8_3 fontconfig-2.2.3,1 > freetype2-2.1.9 gettext-0.14.5 gmake-3.80_2 imake-6.8.2 libiconv-1.9.2_1 > m4-1.4. > 3 open-motif-2.2.3_2 perl-5.8.6_2 pkgconfig-0.17.2 t1lib-5.0.1,1 > xorg-libraries-6.8.2 > R-deps: expat-1.95.8_3 fontconfig-2.2.3,1 freetype2-2.1.9 gsfonts-8.11_2 > imake-6.8.2 > open-motif-2.2.3_2 perl-5.8.6_2 pkgconfig-0.17.2 t1lib-5.0.1,1 > xorg-libraries-6.8.2 > WWW: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ 'pdftotext' is part of xpdf, so installing graphics/xpdf either as a package or as a ports will get you a pdftotext binary. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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