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xpdf-python 0.0.10
Python wrapper for xpdf
License: BSD

xpdf python
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version number: 0.0.10

author: Edward Atkins

python >= 3.4

Overview
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Python wrapper for xpdf (currently just the "pdftotext" utility)

Installation / Usage
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To install using pip from pypi:

    $ pip install xpdf_python

To install using pip from github:

    $ pip install git+https://github.com:/ecatkins/xpdf_python

Or clone the repo:

    $ git clone https://github.com/ecatkins/xpdf_python.git
    $ python setup.py install

The package will attempt to automatically install xpdf. If this fails use either:
1. Instructions for your OS found [here](http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html) OR 
2. The bash scripts found in this repo's install_xpdf subdirectory
    

Operating Systems
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macOS, Linux

Note: For Linux you may need to install the libxp6 library:

    sudo apt install libxp6 (Ubuntu)
    sudo yum install libXp.so.6 (Centos)

Example
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    from xpdf_python import to_text

    pdf_location = '/path/to/my.pdf'
    text = to_text(pdf_location)

Supported by
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