{"id":8230,"date":"2018-10-08T12:17:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T12:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8230"},"modified":"2025-03-14T09:57:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T09:57:41","slug":"split-merge-mix-pdf-via-pdf-mix-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/split-merge-mix-pdf-via-pdf-mix-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Split and Merge PDF files in Ubuntu via PDF Mix Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8231\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pdfmixtool-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Want to split, merge, rotate, and\/or delete pages in your PDF files? Here&#8217;s a tool make it easy to do the job in Ubuntu Desktop.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.com\/scarpetta\/pdfmixtool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF Mix Tool<\/a>, a free and open-source tool written in C++ and depends only on Qt 6 and PoDoFo.<\/p>\n<p>The app provides stupid simple user interface to operate PDF files in Linux. Simply choose an action you want to do in the left, then open\/import PDF files, finally click Save\/Extract\/Generate button, and done!<\/p>\n<p>So far, it support following actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Merge multiple PDF files into single.<\/li>\n<li>Extract PDF pages into single or mutiple files.<\/li>\n<li>Delete PDF pages.<\/li>\n<li>Rotate PDF.<\/li>\n<li>Edit PDF metadata.<\/li>\n<li>Change PDF size, layout, margins, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Extract PDF to Images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_48400\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pdf-mix.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48400\" class=\"size-large wp-image-48400\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pdf-mix-700x500.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pdf-mix-700x500.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pdf-mix-300x214.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pdf-mix-768x548.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pdf-mix.webp 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PDF Merge<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>How to Install PDF Mix Tool<\/h3>\n<p>Some Linux Distributions (e.g., Fedora, Arch Linux, openSUSE) have made the app package into system repositories.<\/p>\n<p>For Ubuntu, users may choose to install it via either Snap or Flatpak package.<\/p>\n<p><b>Option 1: Snap package<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE: The Snap seems not working good in my case in Ubuntu 24.04 with Xorg.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Snap package is quite easy to install, simply launch App Center (or Ubuntu Software) then search and install &#8216;PDF Mix Tool&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pdfmixtool-appcenter.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48401\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pdfmixtool-appcenter-700x444.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pdfmixtool-appcenter-700x444.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pdfmixtool-appcenter-300x190.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pdfmixtool-appcenter-768x488.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pdfmixtool-appcenter.webp 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Option 2: Flatpak package<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For choice, the app can be also installed via <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/eu.scarpetta.PDFMixTool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a> that works in most Linux.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run command to install Flatpak daemon:\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Then, install the app as Flatpak package via command:\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/eu.scarpetta.PDFMixTool.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/flatpak-pdfmixtool.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48402\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/flatpak-pdfmixtool-700x540.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/flatpak-pdfmixtool-700x540.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/flatpak-pdfmixtool-300x231.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/flatpak-pdfmixtool-768x592.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/flatpak-pdfmixtool.webp 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After installation, just search for and launch it from either GNOME overview or start menu depends on your desktop environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/launch-pdfmixtool.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48403\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/launch-pdfmixtool.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/launch-pdfmixtool.webp 493w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/launch-pdfmixtool-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the app icon is not visible, either log out and back in, or try running the command below to start it from 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