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Old 10-07-2011
Basic problem with pdftotext
Hi,
I have used pdftotext with good results in the past, but today for some reason I keep getting the same error message.

My command is as follows:
Quote:
pdftotexdt "somePDFfile.pdf"
And the error message is
Quote:
Error: Document base stream is not seekable"
I am using Vmware player with Ubuntu server, but I don't think that is causing this issue as I have been using that all along, and earlier I had no problems. The PDF files in question are not locked in any way. I've checked that there are no blanks in the file paths and suchlike details that come to the mind of a newbie.

Thanks in advance!
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Old 10-07-2011
typos?
Quote:
pdftotexdt "somePDFfile.pdf"
more seriously, though you havent said what version of ubuntu you are using, a little google search that ubuntu might be buggy...

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http://osdir.com/ml/general/2011-09/msg36102.html

[Poppler-bugs] [Bug 7334] pdftotext stdin support
# 3  
Old 10-07-2011
Heh, sorry about the typo. I *wish* it were that simple! Smilie

I am using Ubuntu Server 11.04 LTS.
Hmm...will need to check that I have the latest version of the poppler package then...I assumed I did as I installed it not long ago.

Then again, the Ubuntu Server 11.04 LTS virtual machine is perhaps not that recent, don't know if that affects what version it gets when you sudo apt-get...

So many questions... Smilie
 
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