I too have had the same problems with trying to edit PDF files. After reading all the sites i can think of i looked at the "add/removed" in Ubuntu (Gnome 8.04), and i have found an app that can edit PDF, Its basic function but i can fill out forms and re-save them back to a normal PDF file.

The app is called FLPSED. The ubuntu depo's have it. I think the command line is something like this

sudo apt-get install flpsed

or ....

you can go to the add and remove and look for it in there. It worked for me ..... well it dose what i need it to do.

Hope this helps.

I decided to revisit this thread I started many weeks ago.

I am trying to put a GUI front end on PDFtk.

The website:

http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/

states that it is possible by referring you here:

http://www.paehl.de/pdf/

So, I went there I found I have a choice: either "binary" or "source" but with source I have to use the "Lazarus complier"

Question # 1:

Which should I select: "binary" or "source"

Screenshot: http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8...ryorsource.jpg

Look at the very top of the picture and you will see to what I am referring.

I downloaded both "binary" and "source" and "un-zipped" them. However, when I extracted the "binary" (tar) version, I received what appears to be a Windows exe file.

Question # 2:
Is this a Windows exe file? It sure looks like it.

Screenshot: http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6...owsexefile.jpg

Look at the upper left, you will see the red / white file. It shows as "exe" when I put my mouse on it.

Any thoughts? These 2 questions stumped me.

Look properly

There is .zip file for Linux (binary)

you will get an executable guipdftk

#cd <directory incl file>
#./guipdftk

amani,

Or anyone else reading....

I have that exe file. How do I "use" it? I have no idea where to begin. Could you kindly tell me how to do so, or point me to a website that could better explain it?

Thank you!

Where you unpacked it you can run "./guipdftk" from a terminal window or else reference it with the full path "/usr/local/bin/guipdftk" if you for example extracted it to /usr/local/bin.

unSpawn,

Must I do so as root? I assume yes.

So if I understand correctly, I would type:

./guipdftk

in terminal, correct?

Thanks for the tip.

If you want to install into root-owned directory /usr/local/bin, yes. After extraction set the ownership and access rights to root and executable by all with 'f=/usr/local/bin/guipdftk; chown root.root $f; chmod 0755 $f'. Switching back to your unprivileged user account (you do use one, right?) you are able to run it as plain "guipdftk" from the terminal window or "run" command as long as /usr/local/bin is in your path. Else prefix the full path.