Hmm... # java -cp "examples/target/pdfbox-examples-2.0.21.jar;app/target/pdfbox-app-2.0.21.jar" org.apache.pdfbox.examples.util.PrintTextLocations examples/target/SimpleForm.pdf Error: Could not find or load main class org.apache.pdfbox.examples.util.PrintTextLocations Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.pdfbox.examples.util.PrintTextLocations
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, August 28, 2020 11:55 AM, Tilman Hausherr <thaush...@t-online.de> wrote: > You need to call it this way: > > java -cp > "examples/target/pdfbox-examples-2.0.21.jar;app/target/pdfbox-app-2.0.21.jar" > org.apache.pdfbox.examples.util.PrintTextLocations <filename> > > Tilman > > Am 28.08.2020 um 20:29 schrieb raytravis: > > > Well...it compiled. The only thing I can think of is that I rebooted my > > local computer and therefore had to establish a brand new SSH session to > > the server this morning. So maybe some sort of environment related issue? > > Regardless, now I'm trying to figure out how to run the generated JAR file: > > > > java -jar examples/target/pdfbox-examples-2.0.21.jar PrintTextLocations > > > > ======================================================================== > > > > no main manifest attribute, in examples/target/pdfbox-examples-2.0.21.jar > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > On Thursday, August 27, 2020 11:48 PM, Tilman Hausherr > > thaush...@t-online.de wrote: > > > > > Yeah that sounds pretty up-to-date, although maven is now at 3.6.3. > > > Another thing you can try is to open the "parent/pom.xml", find this > > > segment > > > <!-- enable these when getting > > > CompilationFailureException without explanation: --> > > > <!-- > > > <compilerArgument>-verbose</compilerArgument> > > > <verbose>true</verbose> > > > --> > > > and enable the disabled two lines and then see what happens. > > > Tilman > > > Am 27.08.2020 um 21:54 schrieb raytravis: > > > > > > > I'm not sure how to do that as I'm running with the latest Ubuntu > > > > package versions (apt says it is fully up to date) and I've never used > > > > Maven directly until today. > > > > mvn -version > > > > ============= > > > > Apache Maven 3.6.0 > > > > Maven home: /usr/share/maven > > > > Java version: 11.0.8, vendor: Ubuntu, runtime: > > > > /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64 > > > > Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8 > > > > OS name: "linux", version: "4.15.0-112-generic", arch: "amd64", family: > > > > "unix" > > > > javac -version > > > > =============== > > > > javac 11.0.8 > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > > > On Thursday, August 27, 2020 12:16 PM, Tilman Hausherr > > > > thaush...@t-online.de wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > Try updating your jdk... also maven itself. > > > > > But you can also create a (new) ordinary maven project, use the > > > > > example > > > > > code (PrintTextLocations) you mentioned as main, and use pdfbox > > > > > dependencies in the pom without having to build the whole project. > > > > > Tilman > > > > > Am 27.08.2020 um 21:02 schrieb raytravis: > > > > > > > > > > > Downloaded PDFBox 2.0.21 source code from the website to an Ubuntu > > > > > > Server LTS 18.04.2 server, extracted it, ran 'mvn clean install', > > > > > > and got errors. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over > > > > > > again and expecting a different result" but in this case, repeating > > > > > > the same, exact command eventually started pulling down packages > > > > > > from Maven. First, it was failure to connect to Maven sources which > > > > > > magically corrected themselves after a while but still broke at > > > > > > least two more times. Re-running the same 'mvn clean install' > > > > > > command repeatedly eventually "fixed" the problem. Then I ran into > > > > > > this: > > > > > > [INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.6.0:compile (default-compile) @ > > > > > > fontbox --- > > > > > > [INFO] Changes detected - recompiling the module! > > > > > > [INFO] Compiling 103 source files to > > > > > > /home/rtravis/pdfbox/pdfbox-2.0.21/fontbox/target/classes > > > > > > [INFO] > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > [INFO] Reactor Summary for PDFBox reactor 2.0.21: > > > > > > [INFO] > > > > > > [INFO] PDFBox parent ...................................... SUCCESS > > > > > > [ 1.322 s] > > > > > > [INFO] Apache FontBox ..................................... FAILURE > > > > > > [ 0.502 s] > > > > > > [INFO] Apache XmpBox ...................................... SKIPPED > > > > > > [INFO] Apache PDFBox ...................................... SKIPPED > > > > > > [INFO] Apache Preflight ................................... SKIPPED > > > > > > [INFO] Apache Preflight application ....................... SKIPPED > > > > > > [INFO] Apache PDFBox Debugger ............................. SKIPPED > > > > > > [INFO] Apache PDFBox tools ................................ SKIPPED > > > > > > [INFO] Apache PDFBox application .......................... SKIPPED > > > > > > [INFO] Apache PDFBox Debugger application ................. SKIPPED > > > > > > [INFO] Apache PDFBox examples ............................. SKIPPED > > > > > > [INFO] PDFBox reactor ..................................... SKIPPED > > > > > > [INFO] > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > [INFO] BUILD FAILURE > > > > > > [INFO] > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > [INFO] Total time: 2.403 s > > > > > > [INFO] Finished at: 2020-08-27T11:18:52-07:00 > > > > > > [INFO] > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > [ERROR] Failed to execute goal > > > > > > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.6.0:compile > > > > > > (default-compile) on project fontbox: Compilation failure -> [Help > > > > > > 1] > > > > > > [ERROR] > > > > > > [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven > > > > > > with the -e switch. > > > > > > [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug > > > > > > logging. > > > > > > [ERROR] > > > > > > [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible > > > > > > solutions, please read the following articles: > > > > > > [ERROR] [Help 1] > > > > > > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException > > > > > > [ERROR] > > > > > > [ERROR] After correcting the problems, you can resume the build > > > > > > with the command > > > > > > [ERROR] mvn <goals> -rf :fontbox > > > > > > Both the -e and -X options to mvn resulted in nonsensical output. > > > > > > Tried various things without any difference in the outcome. All I > > > > > > really want is the precompiled 'examples' JARs. Specifically, the > > > > > > 'examples/util/PrintTextLocations' example because the precompiled > > > > > > pdfbox CLI tool doesn't have an option to dump character location > > > > > > information within the ExtractText option but the > > > > > > PrintTextLocations example code does! I just need to be able to > > > > > > parse character locations from stdin in my language of choice and I > > > > > > don't want to try parsing PDFs myself if there are already tools > > > > > > that can do that. > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > > > -- > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org
