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(UNMAINTAINED) Homebrew Formula for PDFtk Server
https://github.com/spl/homebrew-pdftk
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(UNMAINTAINED) Homebrew Formula for PDFtk Server
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/spl/homebrew-pdftk
- Owner: spl
- Archived: true
- Created: 2014-01-14T18:50:37.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2016-10-24T16:51:45.000Z (about 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-31T20:00:09.446Z (6 months ago)
- Language: Ruby
- Homepage:
- Size: 10.7 KB
- Stars: 54
- Watchers: 12
- Forks: 6
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# Homebrew Formula for PDFtk Server
This is a [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/) formula for [PDFtk
Server](https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-server/), the
[GPL-licensed](https://www.pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-license/) version of
[PDFtk](https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/), a PDF toolkit.
[](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32505951/pdftk-server-on-os-x-10-11)
**NOTICE!** _This project is no longer maintained. The author of PDFtk has not released
a new source distribution [since July 24, 2013](https://www.pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-version-history/).
The latest source release (2.02) does not work for Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and above.
See [this Stack Overflow post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32505951/pdftk-server-on-os-x-10-11)
for a binary distribution and alternatives to PDFtk._
## Features
From the [PDFtk Server website](https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-server/),
PDFtk Server can:
* Merge PDF documents or collate PDF page scans
* Split PDF pages into a new document
* Rotate PDF documents or pages
* Decrypt input as necessary (password required)
* Encrypt output as desired
* Fill PDF forms with X/FDF data and/or flatten forms
* Generate FDF data stencils from PDF forms
* Apply a background watermark or a foreground stamp
* Report PDF metrics, bookmarks and metadata
* Add/update PDF bookmarks or metadata
* Attach files to PDF pages or the PDF document
* Unpack PDF attachments
* Burst a PDF document into single pages
* Uncompress and re-compress page streams
* Repair corrupted PDF (where possible)
## Installation
To install PDFtk Server, first install Homebrew by running this command at the
shell prompt:
```
$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
```
See the [Homebrew installation
instructions](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/share/doc/homebrew/Installation.md#installation)
for more information.
Then, use [`brew
tap`](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/share/doc/homebrew/brew-tap.md#brew-tap)
to track the
[`spl/homebrew-pdftk`](https://github.com/spl/homebrew-pdftk)
repository:
```
$ brew tap spl/pdftk
```
Finally, install the `pdftk` formula:
```
$ brew install pdftk
```
Note that this formula requires the
[`ecj`](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/ecj.rb)
(for Java) and
[`gcc`](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/gcc.rb)
(for `gcj`) formulas. By default, it requires `gcc` with the
`--with-all-languages` flag. You can pass `--with-java` to `brew install pdftk`
if you prefer to install `gcc` with only Java support (or if you already have
that version of `gcc` installed).
To confirm that installation worked:
```
$ which pdftk
/usr/local/bin/pdftk
$ pdftk --version
pdftk 2.02 a Handy Tool for Manipulating PDF Documents
Copyright (c) 2003-13 Steward and Lee, LLC - Please Visit: www.pdftk.com
This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty, not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
```
## Usage
Typing `pdftk` at the shell prompt gives you a summary of commands:
```
$ pdftk
SYNOPSIS
pdftk
[ input_pw ]
[ ]
[ output ]
[ encrypt_40bit | encrypt_128bit ]
[ allow ]
[ owner_pw ]
[ user_pw ]
[ flatten ] [ need_appearances ]
[ compress | uncompress ]
[ keep_first_id | keep_final_id ] [ drop_xfa ] [ drop_xmp ]
[ verbose ] [ dont_ask | do_ask ]
Where:
may be empty, or:
[ cat | shuffle | burst | rotate |
generate_fdf | fill_form |
background | multibackground |
stamp | multistamp |
dump_data | dump_data_utf8 |
dump_data_fields | dump_data_fields_utf8 |
dump_data_annots |
update_info | update_info_utf8 |
attach_files | unpack_files ]
For Complete Help: pdftk --help
```
For a detailed description, refer to the man page:
```
$ man pdftk
```