PDE_check_Xpdf_install: Check if the Xpdftools are installed an in the system path

In erikstricker/PDE: Extract Tables and Sentences from PDFs with User Interface

Check if the Xpdftools are installed an in the system path

Description

PDE_check_Xpdf_install runs a version test for pdftotext, pdftohtml and pdftopng.

Usage

PDE_check_Xpdf_install(sysname = NULL, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

sysname	String. In case the function returns "Unknown OS" the sysname can be set manually. Allowed options are "Windows", "Linux", "SunOS" for Solaris, and "Darwin" for Mac. Default: NULL.
verbose	Logical. Indicates whether messages will be printed in the console. Default: TRUE.

Value

The function returns a Boolean for the installation status and a message in case the commands are not detected.

Examples

PDE_check_Xpdf_install()

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