KDE Service Menus for PDF File Processing

Enhance your PDF file management with KDE service menus, designed for seamless processing.

This project is based on kde-service-menu-pdf Version 2.3,
Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Giuseppe Benigno [email protected], GPL-3.0+.

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Prerequisites

Ensure the following tools are installed to use these service menus:

• Ghostscript
• Poppler
• PDFtk
• TeX Live

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Installation (Plasma 6)

Install Dependencies (Arch Linux)

Run the following command to install the required software:

sudo pacman -S ghostscript texlive-bin poppler pdftk texlive-binextra texlive-latexrecommended

System-Wide Installation

Copy the files to the system directories:

sudo cp servicemenus/* /usr/share/kio/servicemenus/
sudo cp bin/* /usr/local/bin/

Per-User Installation

For a user-specific setup, copy the files as follows:

cp servicemenus/* ~/.local/share/kio/servicemenus/
cp bin/* ~/.local/bin

Ensure the ~/.local/bin directory is included in your $PATH environment variable.
Additionally, make the .desktop files executable:

chmod +x ~/.local/share/kio/servicemenus/pdf-tools*.desktop

Finally, restart your Plasma session or execute the following command:

kbuildsycoca6

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Uninstallation

System-Wide Uninstallation

Remove the installed files:

sudo rm /usr/share/kio/servicemenus/pdf-tools*.desktop
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/pdf-tools-*-kdialog

Per-User Uninstallation

Delete the corresponding files:

rm ~/.local/share/kio/servicemenus/pdf-tools*.desktop
rm ~/.local/bin/pdf-tools-*-kdialog

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these guidelines:

• For major changes, open an issue first to discuss your ideas.
• Ensure that any required tests are updated as appropriate.

We look forward to your pull requests!

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License

This project is licensed under GPL-3.0+.