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I was trying to install EPrints on my Ubuntu 20.04 desktop but it lacked the dependency package xpdf. I have tried multiple ways to install it but failed.

Could anyone please tell me how to install it .

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You can manually download XPDF from the Ubuntu 18.04 default repository and install it with the below commands.

cd ~/Downloads
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/poppler/libpoppler73_0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./libpoppler73_0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/x/xpdf/xpdf_3.04-7_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./xpdf_3.04-7_amd64.deb
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xpdf was dropped from Ubuntu after 19.10. It's upstream development has slowed, the Debian package maintainer lost interest, and much of the functionality was replaced (and improved) by poppler, which is in 20.04.

  1. Please file an upstream bug with eprints so they will change their dependency. That doesn't help you much today, but will make a huge difference in the future.

  2. Try using the the 19.10 xpdf package. It's not guaranteed, but much better than nothing.

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    How is poppler used as a PDF viewer? Which is the command line application to replace xpdf?
    – Johny
    Jun 12, 2020 at 20:03
  • I have the same question, how do you use poppler, the web seems remarkably silent on this question. I installed libpoppler-dev but still there's no poppler script
    – Leo Simon
    Jan 16, 2021 at 20:14
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After some research, first failing to get xpdf to build or install, then evaluating some competitors, I found that okular is quite a good alternative. It's fast and the interface is more modern and comprehensive than others.

Of the installation choices:

  • sudo apt install okular
  • sudo snap install okular

apt wanted to install 185 packages and dependencies totaling 184 MB. I chose the snap because it's 70 MB and self-contained.

okular maintains the settings pretty well across invocations. It has a --qwindowgeometry option that works like xpdf --geometry.

Other tools (pdftotext, etc) are already there in poppler-utils.

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Complete XPDF 3.04 installation process on Ubuntu 20.04 (Server LTS, in my case)!

As taught by @N0rbert you can manually download XPDF from Ubuntu 19.10 repository and install it.

The scheme below teaches you how to install XPDF 3.04 with all its dependencies on Ubuntu 20.04...

cd /usr/local/src
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/poppler/libpoppler73_0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12_amd64.deb # Pack upload in repo 2020-11-26 18:08.
apt-get install ./libpoppler73_0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12_amd64.deb
rm -f ./libpoppler73_0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12_amd64.deb

cd /usr/local/src
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/poppler/poppler-utils_0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12_amd64.deb # Pack upload in repo 2020-11-26 18:08.
apt-get install ./poppler-utils_0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12_amd64.deb
rm -f ./poppler-utils_0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12_amd64.deb

cd /usr/local/src
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gsfonts-x11/gsfonts-x11_0.24_all.deb # Pack upload in repo 2015-12-31 05:14.
apt-get install ./gsfonts-x11_0.24_all.deb
rm -f ./gsfonts-x11_0.24_all.deb

cd /usr/local/src
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/c/cups/cups-common_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_all.deb # Pack upload in repo 2020-09-04 18:13.
apt-get install ./cups-common_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_all.deb
rm -f ./cups-common_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_all.deb

cd /usr/local/src
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/c/cups/libcups2_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb # Pack upload in repo 2020-09-04 18:13.
apt-get install ./libcups2_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
rm -f ./libcups2_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb

cd /usr/local/src
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/c/cups/cups-client_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb # Pack upload in repo 2020-09-04 18:13.
apt-get install ./cups-client_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
rm -f ./cups-client_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb

cd /usr/local/src
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb # Pack upload in repo 2020-09-04 18:13.
apt-get install ./cups-bsd_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
rm -f ./cups-bsd_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb

cd /usr/local/src
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/x/xpdf/xpdf_3.04-7_amd64.deb # Pack upload in repo 2018-03-06 20:18.
apt-get install ./xpdf_3.04-7_amd64.deb
rm -f ./xpdf_3.04-7_amd64.deb

Done! Thanks! =D

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