{"id":33902,"date":"2021-06-06T13:03:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T13:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33902"},"modified":"2021-06-06T13:03:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T13:03:21","slug":"beginners-tool-compress-split-merge-rotate-pdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/06\/beginners-tool-compress-split-merge-rotate-pdf\/","title":{"rendered":"Qpdf Tools &#8211; Beginner&#8217;s Tool to Compress, Split, Merge, Rotate PDF in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-tools-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-33903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-tools-icon.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-tools-icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Working with PDF files regularly in Ubuntu Linux? QPDF Tools is a nifty tool to manage your PDF documents.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a free and open-source software, easy to use Qt based user interface for Ghostscript and Stapler, with ability to compress, split, merge and rotate your pdf documents.<\/p>\n<p>The main window is simple and works with 4 buttons. Click the action you want to do for the PDF documents. Then select the PDF along with a few options and click the button to go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-mainwindow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-mainwindow-600x396.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-mainwindow-600x396.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-mainwindow-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-mainwindow.jpg 754w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <b>Compress a PDF file<\/b> option will change the resolution for printing, Ebooks, or screen optimized. It also reduce the file size depends on the option you choose.<\/p>\n<p>It however may stuck a few seconds when you clicking &#8216;<i>Save<\/i>&#8216; button on exporting file dialog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-tools-compress.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-tools-compress-600x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-tools-compress-600x394.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-tools-compress-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-tools-compress-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-tools-compress.jpg 782w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While &#8216;<b>Merge PDF files<\/b>&#8216; option allows to add multiple PDF files, arrange them, and convert them into single, the &#8216;<b>Spile a PDF file<\/b>&#8216; option allows to extract all PDF pages or export from one page to another. And &#8216;<b>Rotate a PDF file<\/b>&#8216; can rotate left or right with live preview.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-33902 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/06\/beginners-tool-compress-split-merge-rotate-pdf\/qpdf-tools-split\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdf-tools-split-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/06\/beginners-tool-compress-split-merge-rotate-pdf\/pdftools-merge\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pdftools-merge-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/06\/beginners-tool-compress-split-merge-rotate-pdf\/qpdftools-rotate\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdftools-rotate-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>How to Install QPDF Tools:<\/h3>\n<p>The DEB package for Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, as well as the source tarball are available to download at the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/silash35\/qpdftools\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">QPDF Tools Releases<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The software developer also maintains an <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~silash35\/+archive\/ubuntu\/qpdftools\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu PPA<\/a> that support all current releases, e.g., Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10, and Ubuntu 21.04. The packages for old releases, e.g., Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, and Ubuntu 16.04 are also available.<\/p>\n<p>1.) Open <i>terminal<\/i> from system app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:silash35\/qpdftools<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdftools-ppa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdftools-ppa-600x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"276\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdftools-ppa-600x276.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdftools-ppa-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdftools-ppa-768x353.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/qpdftools-ppa.jpg 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.) Then refresh package cache (<i>optional for Ubuntu 20.04 &#038; higher<\/i>) and install the tool via commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install qpdftools<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/apt-qpdftools.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/apt-qpdftools-600x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"227\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/apt-qpdftools-600x227.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/apt-qpdftools-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/apt-qpdftools-768x290.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/apt-qpdftools.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, open the tool from your system application launcher and enjoy!<\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall QPDF Tools<\/h3>\n<p>While the Ubuntu PPA is used to install or upgrade the software package, you can safely remove it either by running command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:silash35\/qpdftools<\/pre>\n<p>Or by going to &#8216;Software &#038; Updates&#8217; -> &#8216;Other Software&#8217;, and remove the relevant line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/remove-qpdftools-ppa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/remove-qpdftools-ppa-600x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" class=\"size-large wp-image-33912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/remove-qpdftools-ppa-600x290.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/remove-qpdftools-ppa-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/remove-qpdftools-ppa-768x371.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/remove-qpdftools-ppa.jpg 1012w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To remove the software, either use Synaptic Package Manager or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove --purge qpdftools<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working with PDF files regularly in Ubuntu Linux? 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