pdfcrop on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "pdfcrop" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install pdfcrop on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall pdfcrop on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "pdfcrop" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone pdfcrop's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/pdfcrop.git 
            
                        
                ~/pdfcrop
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/pdfcrop folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/pdfcrop
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pdfcrop package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1121386
Name: pdfcrop
PackageBaseID: 184646
PackageBase: pdfcrop
Version: 0.4b-1
Description: A PDF utility for GNU/Linux that crops the white margins of PDF pages and rescales them to fit a standard size sheet of paper
URL: http://pdfcrop.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 3.6E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: grufo
Submitter: grufo
FirstSubmitted: 1659543753
LastModified: 1659543753
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pdfcrop.tar.gz