OpenOffice 4 (like all previous versions) does not include the PDF
Import extension. But, while in OpenOffice 3.4.x it was enough to
download it from the Extensions site, Ariel wrote that he expects that a
PDF Import Extension built for OpenOffice 3.x won't work except on
64-bit Linux, due to the stlport changes.
PDF Import is by far the most popular extension, so I'd like that we are
prepared if we receive questions. Due to a GPL dependency, it's not
shipped with OpenOffice, but questions will come here so...
I tried downloading the extension from
http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/node/874/ and it works nicely, but
I'm in the exceptional case (I tested on 64-bit Linux, the only platform
where the old extension is expected to work). Do people who use other
operating systems have problems?
I also tried building PDF Import by configuring (release tag) with
./configure --enable-category-b ... --enable-pdfimport --with-system-poppler
and this produces main/solver/400/.../bin/pdfimport/pdfimport.oxt which
works (probably on my system only).
Then I tried with only (i.e., no system poppler)
./configure --enable-category-b ... --enable-pdfimport
but this didn't produce anything.
Do we have some inconsistencies in the configure options? And what is
the right way to build pdfimport in a "portable" way? Honestly I believe
that, even if due to license constraints this cannot be formally
released by the project, it will be easier that someone individually
releases an updated version on the Extensions site rather than
explaining all of the above to random users...
Regards,
Andrea.
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