Move from pdftk to qpdf

Remove dependency on java

binaries.org

@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ List of useful programs:
 - =inkscape=
 - =gs=
 - =pdfcrop=
-- =pdftk=
+- =qpdf=
 
 *** PDF to PNG
 #+begin_src bash
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ pdftrim_function() { \
 *** PDF Extract Pages
 #+begin_src bash
 pdfextract_function() { \
-    if command -v pdftk &> /dev/null; then
+    if command -v qpdf &> /dev/null; then
         pages=$(echo -e "get first\ndelete first\nextract i-j" | rofi -i -dmenu -p "Extract pages")
 
         if [ -z "$pages" ]; then
@@ -448,21 +448,21 @@ pdfextract_function() { \
 
         case "$pages" in
             "get first")
-                if command -v pdftk &> /dev/null; then
-                    pdftk "$filename_with_extension" cat 1-1 output "$filename_without_extension.first.pdf"
+                if command -v qpdf &> /dev/null; then
+                    qpdf --pages "$filename_with_extension" 1 -- "$filename_with_extension" "$filename_without_extension.first.pdf"
                 fi
                 ;;
             "delete first")
-                if command -v pdftk &> /dev/null; then
-                    pdftk "$filename_with_extension" cat 2-end output "$filename_with_extension"
+                if command -v qpdf &> /dev/null; then
+                    qpdf --pages "$filename_with_extension" 2-z -- "$filename_with_extension" "$filename_with_extension"
                 fi
                 ;;
             "extract i-j")
                 # TODO
                 page_i=$(rofi -dmenu -p "From")
                 page_j=$(rofi -dmenu -p "To")
-                if command -v pdftk &> /dev/null; then
-                    pdftk "$filename_with_extension" cat "$page_i-$page_j" output "$filename_with_extension.slice.pdf"
+                if command -v qpdf &> /dev/null; then
+                    qpdf --pages "$filename_with_extension" "$page_i-$page_j" -- "$filename_with_extension" "$filename_with_extension.slice.pdf"
                 fi
                 ;;
         esac
@@ -474,9 +474,9 @@ pdfextract_function() { \
 #+begin_src bash
 pdf_delete_first_page_function() { \
     if command -v stapler &> /dev/null; then
-        stapler del "$filename_with_extension" 1 /tmp/pdftk_out.pdf && mv /tmp/pdftk_out.pdf "$filename_with_extension"
-    elif command -v pdftk &> /dev/null; then
-        pdftk "$filename_with_extension" cat 2-end output /tmp/pdftk_out.pdf && mv /tmp/pdftk_out.pdf "$filename_with_extension"
+        stapler del "$filename_with_extension" 1 /tmp/qpdf_out.pdf && mv /tmp/qpdf_out.pdf "$filename_with_extension"
+    elif command -v qpdf &> /dev/null; then
+        qpdf --pages "$filename_with_extension" 2-z -- "$filename_with_extension" /tmp/qpdf_out.pdf && mv /tmp/qpdf_out.pdf "$filename_with_extension"
     fi
 }
 #+end_src
@@ -484,10 +484,10 @@ pdf_delete_first_page_function() { \
 *** Remove Annotations
 #+begin_src bash
 pdf_remove_annotations_function() { \
-    if command -v pdftk &> /dev/null; then
-        pdftk "$filename_with_extension" output /tmp/uncompressed.pdf uncompress
+    if command -v qpdf &> /dev/null; then
+        qpdf --qdf "$filename_with_extension" /tmp/uncompressed.pdf
         LANG=C sed -n '/^\/Annots/!p' /tmp/uncompressed.pdf > /tmp/stripped.pdf
-        pdftk /tmp/stripped.pdf output "$filename_with_extension" compress
+        qpdf /tmp/stripped.pdf "$filename_with_extension"
     fi
 }
 #+end_src

doom.org

@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ Function that opens current pdf page as an SVG file with Inkscape.
       (setq filename (read-string "Enter file name:" (car (split-string (file-name-base buffer-file-name) "_"))))
     (setq filename (read-string "Enter file name:")))
   (setq filepath (concat "/tmp/" filename ".svg"))
-  (shell-command (concat "pdftk " buffer-file-name " cat " (number-to-string (pdf-view-current-page)) " output /tmp/pdf_page.pdf"))
+  (shell-command (concat "qpdf --pages " buffer-file-name " " (number-to-string (pdf-view-current-page)) " -- " buffer-file-name " /tmp/pdf_page.pdf"))
   (shell-command (concat "pdf2svg /tmp/pdf_page.pdf " filepath))
   (start-process "" nil "inkscape" filepath))
 

install.org

@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ systemctl --user enable --now wireplumber.service
 #+begin_src bash
 echo "==> PDF and Image Utilities"
 paru -S --needed \
-    pdf2svg pdftk pdfarranger \
+    pdf2svg qpdf pdfarranger \
     imagemagick \
     maim flameshot \
     unclutter \
@@ -336,8 +336,6 @@ systemctl --user enable --now syncthing
 echo "==> GTK Theme"
 paru -S --needed \
     lxappearance \
-    arc-gtk-theme \
-    xcursor-breeze \
     gtk2fontsel
 #+end_src
 

scripts/install-main.sh

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ paru -S --needed \
 
 echo "==> PDF and Image Utilities"
 paru -S --needed \
-    pdf2svg pdftk pdfarranger \
+    pdf2svg qpdf pdfarranger \
     imagemagick \
     maim flameshot \
     unclutter \

zathura.org

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ tmpfile=/tmp/pdf_page.pdf
 # Ideally would get the page from Zathura...
 # pagenum=$(rofi -dmenu -p "Page Number")
 
-pdftk "$1" cat $2 output "$tmpfile.pdf" && \
+qpdf --pages "$1" "$2" -- "$1" "$tmpfile.pdf" && \
     pdf2svg "$tmpfile.pdf" "$tmpfile.svg" && \
     inkscape "$tmpfile.svg"
 #+end_src