Package: pdftk (2.02-5)

transitional package for pdftk, a tool for manipulating PDF documents

PDFtk is no longer available in Debian. This package enables an upgrade to pdftk-java, a port of PDFtk to Java. This package can be safely removed.

If PDF is electronic paper, then PDFtk is an electronic stapler-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. PDFtk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to:

 - Merge PDF documents
 - Split PDF pages into a new document
 - Decrypt input as necessary (password required)
 - Encrypt output as desired
 - Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
 - Apply a Background Watermark
 - Report PDF on metrics, including metadata and bookmarks
 - Update PDF Metadata
 - Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document
 - Unpack PDF Attachments
 - Burst a PDF document into single pages
 - Uncompress and re-compress page streams
 - Repair corrupted PDF (where possible)

Packages providing pdftk

pdftk-java

pdftk port to java - a tool for manipulating PDF documents