Qpdf-8.4.2

Introduction to Qpdf

The Qpdf package contains command-line programs and library that do structural, content-preserving transformations on PDF files.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.0 platform.

Download (HTTP): https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/releases/download/release-qpdf-8.4.2/qpdf-8.4.2.tar.gz
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Download size: 16 MB
Estimated disk space required: 197 MB (add 4 MB for tests)
Estimated build time: 0.4 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 0.9 SBU for tests)

Install Qpdf by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/qpdf-8.4.2 &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user:

make install

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Installed Programs: fix-qdf, qpdf, and zlib-flate

Installed Library: libqpdf.so

Installed Directories: /usr/include/qpdf and /usr/share/doc/qpdf-8.4.2

fix-qdf	is used to repair PDF files in QDF form after editing.
qpdf	is used to convert one PDF file to another equivalent PDF file.
zlib-flate	is a raw zlib compression program.
`libqpdf.so`	contains the Qpdf API functions.

Last updated on 2019-08-19 11:11:15 -0700