pstotext binary

tomas · 02-12-2004, 12:14 PM

hello,

does anybody out there have a pstotext binary
to upload via ftp that works without ghostscript
installed on the machine ???

tips are very welcome :-)
tomas

tomas · 02-12-2004, 01:58 PM

ok,

i solved this on my own:

pstotext seems not to work without ghostscript
but pdftotext does not need ghostscript.

here you can download source and precompiled
binaries from pdftotext:
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html

x86, Linux (glibc 2.2, staticly linked to Motif, t1lib, and FreeType 2): xpdf-3.00-linux.tar.gz (4544077 bytes)

just download the xpdf package - untar - and upload the
pdftotext file via ftp

hope it helps others
tomas

jayhawk · 02-12-2004, 08:09 PM

tomas,

Have you been successful in using pdftotext? I am able to use pdftotext to create the filename.txt file through the command prompt (Windows), but I can't get phpdig to index that txt file or to call upon pdftotext correctly.

If you are successful can you share with me your config.php file so that I may compare it to my own?

Thanks

02-12-2004, 12:14 PM	#1
tomas Orange Mole Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 47	pstotext binary hello, does anybody out there have a pstotext binary to upload via ftp that works without ghostscript installed on the machine ??? tips are very welcome :-) tomas

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02-12-2004, 01:58 PM	#2
tomas Orange Mole Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 47	ok, i solved this on my own: pstotext seems not to work without ghostscript but pdftotext does not need ghostscript. here you can download source and precompiled binaries from pdftotext: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html x86, Linux (glibc 2.2, staticly linked to Motif, t1lib, and FreeType 2): xpdf-3.00-linux.tar.gz (4544077 bytes) just download the xpdf package - untar - and upload the pdftotext file via ftp hope it helps others tomas

02-12-2004, 08:09 PM	#3
jayhawk Green Mole Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 13	tomas, Have you been successful in using pdftotext? I am able to use pdftotext to create the filename.txt file through the command prompt (Windows), but I can't get phpdig to index that txt file or to call upon pdftotext correctly. If you are successful can you share with me your config.php file so that I may compare it to my own? Thanks