Qpdf-8.4.0

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-8.4 platform.

Download (HTTP): https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/releases/download/release-qpdf-8.4.0/qpdf-8.4.0.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 60a66cf8cbdb3bb0d3bcf5b2f53ec06b
Download size: 16 MB
Estimated disk space required: 180 MB (add 29 MB for tests)
Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 0.7 SBU for tests)

Install Qpdf by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/qpdf-8.4.0 &&
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-8.4.0

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 2019-02-15 13:01:29 -0800