Thanks for the link. Recent problems with pax seem to revolve around pdfbox; however, the current packaging includes pdfbox, possibly to avoid those problems.
Here is a patch that fixes the bug under discussion: --- pdfannotextractor.pl 2020-08-22 15:40:21.511195000 -0500 +++ pdfannotextractor.pl 2020-08-22 16:19:31.196837000 -0500 @@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ sub launch_pax () { check_prg $prg_java, 1; my @cmd = ($prg_java); + push @cmd, "-jar"; push @cmd, $path_jar_pax; push @cmd, @ARGV; debug 'System', "@cmd"; -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1892600 Title: pdfannotextractor launch script is missing "-jar" flag To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-extra/+bug/1892600/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs