Ok, I got it to work. * John Magolske <[email protected]> [140710 10:15]: > % java -cp /usr/share/java/* org.apache.pdfbox.ExtractText some_file.pdf > Error: Could not find or load main class > .usr.share.java.commons-logging-adapters-1.1.3.jar
By prepending a colon to the java path like so: java -cp :/usr/share/java/* org.apache.pdfbox.ExtractText some_file.pdf the command now works without complaint, converting the pdf to text. Don't recall atm why & what the : is for here...have to dig deeper into my notes. Also, this command works regardless of what CLASSPATH is set to (even setting it to null via `export CLASSPATH=""` works). And this is all using the stock current debian packages listed in my first email (purged the libcommons-logging-java_1.1.1 I'd just installed and re-installed the current 1.1.3). Regards, John -- John Magolske http://B79.net/contact
