On 03/14/2018 08:52 PM, Danny YUE wrote: > > On 2018-03-14 20:08, Poncho <pon...@spahan.ch> wrote: >> On 14.03.2018 20:10, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> Is there a suitable replacement package for "pdftk". >>> Currently pdftk is masked and might be dropped from portage tree :-/ >>> >>> The packages require GCC 5 or earlier and are therefore masked in the >>> 17.0 profiles. >>> >>> I use pdftk only to merge two pdf file (overlap tax form). >>> eg. >>> pdftk t4-flat-02b.pdf stamp 1.pdf output out1.pdf >>> >> >> /usr/bin/pdfunite >> >> it's a provided by app-text/poppler > > Besides, app-text/poppler contains some very useful functions. > pdfunite is one of them, which let you concatenate several PDF files > into one. > > Another piece I found useful is pdfseparate. It can separate a PDF file > into pages. > > The combination of pdfunite and pdfseparate let you replace a single > page in a PDF file. > > Command `equery f poppler' shows: > /usr/bin/pdfdetach > /usr/bin/pdffonts > /usr/bin/pdfimages > /usr/bin/pdfinfo > /usr/bin/pdfseparate > /usr/bin/pdftocairo > /usr/bin/pdftohtml > /usr/bin/pdftoppm > /usr/bin/pdftops > /usr/bin/pdftotext > /usr/bin/pdfunite
That is not what I (we) need. pdfunite - will join several PDF file into one (this is not what I want). I need to "overlap" two PDF file, one on top of another, it is like watermarking. I only do it once a year when I print a tax form/slips.
