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On 03/14/2018 08:52 PM, Danny YUE wrote: |
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> On 2018-03-14 20:08, Poncho <poncho@××××××.ch> wrote: |
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>> On 14.03.2018 20:10, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>>> Is there a suitable replacement package for "pdftk". |
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>>> Currently pdftk is masked and might be dropped from portage tree :-/ |
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>>> The packages require GCC 5 or earlier and are therefore masked in the |
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>>> 17.0 profiles. |
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>>> I use pdftk only to merge two pdf file (overlap tax form). |
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>>> eg. |
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>>> pdftk t4-flat-02b.pdf stamp 1.pdf output out1.pdf |
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>>> |
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>> /usr/bin/pdfunite |
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>> it's a provided by app-text/poppler |
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> Besides, app-text/poppler contains some very useful functions. |
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> pdfunite is one of them, which let you concatenate several PDF files |
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> into one. |
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> Another piece I found useful is pdfseparate. It can separate a PDF file |
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> into pages. |
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> The combination of pdfunite and pdfseparate let you replace a single |
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> page in a PDF file. |
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> Command `equery f poppler' shows: |
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> /usr/bin/pdfdetach |
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> /usr/bin/pdffonts |
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> /usr/bin/pdfimages |
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> /usr/bin/pdfinfo |
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> /usr/bin/pdfseparate |
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> /usr/bin/pdftocairo |
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> /usr/bin/pdftohtml |
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> /usr/bin/pdftoppm |
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> /usr/bin/pdftops |
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> /usr/bin/pdftotext |
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> /usr/bin/pdfunite |
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That is not what I (we) need. |
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pdfunite - will join several PDF file into one (this is not what I want). |
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I need to "overlap" two PDF file, one on top of another, it is like |
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watermarking. I only do it once a year when I print a tax form/slips. |
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