On Thursday, March 15, 2018 5:22:26 AM CET the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 03/14/2018 08:52 PM, Danny YUE wrote: > > On 2018-03-14 20:08, Poncho <pon...@spahan.ch> wrote: > >> On 14.03.2018 20:10, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >>> Is there a suitable replacement package for "pdftk". > >>> Currently pdftk is masked and might be dropped from portage tree :-/ > >>> > >>> The packages require GCC 5 or earlier and are therefore masked in the > >>> 17.0 profiles. > >>> > >>> I use pdftk only to merge two pdf file (overlap tax form). > >>> eg. > >>> pdftk t4-flat-02b.pdf stamp 1.pdf output out1.pdf > >> > >> /usr/bin/pdfunite > >> > >> it's a provided by app-text/poppler > > > > Besides, app-text/poppler contains some very useful functions. > > pdfunite is one of them, which let you concatenate several PDF files > > into one. > > > > Another piece I found useful is pdfseparate. It can separate a PDF file > > into pages. > > > > The combination of pdfunite and pdfseparate let you replace a single > > page in a PDF file. > > > > Command `equery f poppler' shows: > > /usr/bin/pdfdetach > > /usr/bin/pdffonts > > /usr/bin/pdfimages > > /usr/bin/pdfinfo > > /usr/bin/pdfseparate > > /usr/bin/pdftocairo > > /usr/bin/pdftohtml > > /usr/bin/pdftoppm > > /usr/bin/pdftops > > /usr/bin/pdftotext > > /usr/bin/pdfunite > > That is not what I (we) need. > pdfunite - will join several PDF file into one (this is not what I want). > > I need to "overlap" two PDF file, one on top of another, it is like > watermarking. I only do it once a year when I print a tax form/slips.
Maybe script your own solution? Extract images from the PDF Overlay the images convert the images back to PDF -- Joost
