Qpdf-8.4.0

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2019-02-27

### Chapter 10. Graphics and Font Libraries

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# Qpdf-8.4.0

## Introduction to Qpdf

The Qpdf package contains command-line programs and library that do structural, content-preserving transformations on PDF files.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/releases/download/release-qpdf-8.4.0/qpdf-8.4.0.tar.gz

- Download MD5 sum: 60a66cf8cbdb3bb0d3bcf5b2f53ec06b

- Download size: 16 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 180 MB (add 29 MB for tests)

- Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 0.7 SBU for tests)

### Qpdf Dependencies

#### Required

libjpeg-turbo-2.0.2

#### Optional

fop-2.3 and libxslt-1.1.33

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/qpdf

## Installation of Qpdf

Install Qpdf by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr    \
                --disable-static \
                --docdir=/usr/share/doc/qpdf-8.4.0 &&
    make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Command Explanations

`--disable-static`: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

## Contents

Installed Programs: fix-qdf, qpdf, and zlib-flate
Installed Library: libqpdf.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/qpdf and /usr/share/doc/qpdf-8.4.0

### Short Descriptions

fix-qdf | is used to repair PDF files in QDF form after editing.
qpdf | is used to convert one PDF file to another equivalent PDF file.
zlib-flate | is a raw zlib compression program.
`libqpdf.so` | contains the Qpdf API functions.

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