Exception: pdftotext is not installed. It is part of xpdf or poppler-utils software suite.

[AI-Ahmed]

An issue of installing the xpdfreader!

[AI-Ahmed]

To fix the issue, you need to install the new version

!wget --no-check-certificate https://dl.xpdfreader.com/xpdf-tools-linux-4.04.tar.gz
!tar -xvf xpdf-tools-linux-4.04.tar.gz && sudo cp xpdf-tools-linux-4.04/bin64/pdftotext /usr/local/bin

[julian-risch]

Hi @AI-Ahmed thanks for pointing out this problem. We also came across the problem here: #2443
We forgot to update the text in the Exception though. I will take care of that now and then close this issue. Thanks again! 👍

[AI-Ahmed]

Hi @AI-Ahmed thanks for pointing out this problem. We also came across the problem here: #2443 We forgot to update the text in the Exception though. I will take care of that now and then close this issue. Thanks again! 👍

No problem my friend! I'm happy to help at any time. I really like your framework, and It is really huge thing for me to help you with anyway!

[julian-risch]

I will keep this issue open until the fix is merged.

[AI-Ahmed]

That's Awesome! I will do that, too!

[julian-risch]

@AI-Ahmed no need to work on this one here. I've already implemented the fix in this pull request: #2488
Great to see your enthusiasm though! 👍

[AI-Ahmed]

I have done that already 😅. No problem @julian-risch, It is good to know!

[sohanasarah]

I am having the same issue. How to install the packages in windows?

[HGamalElDin]

I have the same issue in Windows, haystack version 1.18.1.. couldn't install the packages. @julian-risch

[julian-risch]

Hello @HGamalElDin here is our documentation page about PDFToTextConverter and how to install it: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/file_converters#pdftotextconverter
In short, you have two options: install PyMuPDF, for example via pip install farm-haystack[pdf] or install xpdf as described here: https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html If you still have the same problem, please open a new issue and explain what you have tried so far. This issue here is closed and new comments here get overlooked easily.

[michaelfeil]

Hello @HGamalElDin here is our documentation page about PDFToTextConverter and how to install it: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/file_converters#pdftotextconverter In short, you have two options: install PyMuPDF, for example via pip install farm-haystack[pdf] or install xpdf as described here: https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html If you still have the same problem, please open a new issue and explain what you have tried so far. This issue here is closed and new comments here get overlooked easily.

As haystacks error message recommends installing poppler-utils. Is there a drawback of using sudo apt-get poppler-utils instead of the instructions under https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html

haystack/haystack/nodes/file_converter/pdf_xpdf.py

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"""pdftotext is not installed. It is part of xpdf or poppler-utils software suite.

[demongolem-biz2]

Hello @HGamalElDin here is our documentation page about PDFToTextConverter and how to install it: https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/file_converters#pdftotextconverter In short, you have two options: install PyMuPDF, for example via pip install farm-haystack[pdf] or install xpdf as described here: https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html If you still have the same problem, please open a new issue and explain what you have tried so far. This issue here is closed and new comments here get overlooked easily.

Because it is always good to have an option not involving sudo. Thanks!