What platform are you trying to install on? You don't need to make xpdf itself, only pdftotext and pdfinfo from the xpdf package. Those two executables do not need X-windows. I think the xpdf documentation includes instructions on how to build them on a system without X-windows.
David Adams Corporate Information Services Information Systems Services University of Southampton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Muey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "htdig list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 8:06 PM Subject: [htdig] Parsing pdf's without xpdf > Hello list, > > I'd like to parse and index pdf files but when I try to install xpdf it wants/needs to install a bunch of x windows stuff which I don't want to do but even if I try to it keeps failing. > > So what I'd like to ask is this: > > Has anyone successfully used something else beside xpdf, like htmldoc for instance, to be able to index pdf files? > > If so any pointers/documentation would be very helpful. > > TIA > > Dan > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU > Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. > Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! > INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php > _______________________________________________ > htdig-general mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a subject of unsubscribe > FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ htdig-general mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a subject of unsubscribe FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html
