[TriLUG] Trouble compiling pdftk <SOLVED>

[Steve Litt]

On Saturday 25 November 2006 22:04, John Broome wrote:
> On 11/25/06, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > In my continuing disappointment with the LinuxCentral provided Mandriva
> > 2007, I can't compile pdftk (which compiled just fine on M2006). Here's
> > what happens:
>
> Come to where the flavor is:
> john at ubuntu:~$ apt-cache search pdftk
> pdftk - A useful tool for manipulating PDF documents
> http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/3561762/com/libgcj7-devel-4.1.1
>-3mdk.i586.rpm.html)
>
> and/or this:
> http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/3549766/com/java-1.4.2-gcj-comp
>at-1.4.2.0-40.103.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm.html
>
> :)
>
> from looking at rpm.pbone.net it looks like you might need this (


Thanks John,

I went to rpm.pbone.net, downloaded and tried to install pdftk. It said it 
needed libgcj7. I downloaded and installed libgcj7-4.1.1-3mdk.i586.rpm and it 
said it needed libgcj7-base. I downloaded and installed 
libgcj7-base-4.1.1-3mdk.i586.rpm and it worked, so then I installed 
libgcj7-4.1.1-3mdk.i586.rpm and finally pdftk-1.12-4mdv2007.0.i586.rpm, at 
which time I was able to create Ebooks:

       *     *
        \ o /
         \|/ 
          |               H O O R A Y !
         / \  _  
        /   \/
       /
      -

How did you find pbone.net? It's a Mandriva 2007 goldmine!

Thanks so much for your help.

SteveT

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