On Oct 10, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote: > The method to get xpdf is not nearly that hard (the instructions you > describe sounds like it was gotten from several sources that didn't > talk > to each other). > > According to <http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/xpdf>, Fink > already has xpdf available for Panther, Tiger and Leopard, so all that > is needed is for you to install Fink (make sure you grabbed the > correct > installer for your version of OS X from the Fink download page) and > then > tell the Fink programs (either through the command line or with Fink > Commander if you prefer a graphical interface) to install XPDF. > > After you install Fink through its installer, it'll ask you about > setting the Fink environment. Follow those instructions (usu > something > about changes to the file .profile that it does automatically). Once > it's done, you can verify that this worked by opening > /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app and typing > > which fink > > If the output says /sw/bin/fink, then it's working as expected. > > Now that Fink is set up and functional, you need to actually install > xpdf. You can either do it through Fink Commander or through > Terminal.app. > > In Fink Commander: > Binary Install > xpdf (the exact menu text may be different since I > don't have Fink Commander, but that's the gist of it. You want the > binary option since it's quicker and simpler).
However, it seems like we keep getting incomplete builds out of it (missing the actual "xpdf" program). If you don't need that it may not matter. > > > OR > > In Terminal.app: > sudo apt-get install xpdf > (and then type in your administrator password if it asks) > > Either command will accomplish the same thing (download and install > xpdf > as well as dependencies like freetype). After the process finishes, > you > should have a working 'pdftotext' command that you run from > Terminal.app > (unfortunately there is no graphical front end for it). > > Hanspeter > > -- > Hanspeter Niederstrasser > hanspeter AT snaggledworks DOT com > After the xpdf package is installed, you can try to render the PDF into a text file as in the original poster's reference: http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2005/03/18/xpdf-on-the-mac/ I'm not at all sure whether the resulting file will easily be parsed by Excel or not, though, as I've not tried this myself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
