I finally got around to running the debug pdftk. Here's the output: $ pdftk base14-fonts.pdf output /tmp/a.pdf verbose Command Line Data is valid.
Input PDF Filenames & Passwords in Order ( <filename>[, <password>] ) base14-fonts.pdf The operation to be performed: filter - Apply 'filters' to a single, input PDF based on output args. (When the operation is omitted, this is the default.) The output file will be named: /tmp/a.pdf Output PDF encryption settings: Output PDF will not be encrypted. No compression or uncompression being performed on output. Creating Output ... Unhandled Java Exception: Unhandled Java Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException at gnu.gcj.runtime.NameFinder.lookup(NameFinder.java:201) at java.lang.VMThrowable.getStackTrace(natVMThrowable.cc:44) at java.lang.Throwable.getStackTrace(Throwable.java:524) at java.lang.Throwable.stackTraceString(Throwable.java:419) at java.lang.Throwable.printStackTrace(Throwable.java:365) at java.lang.Throwable.printStackTrace(Throwable.java:354) $ apt-cache policy pdftk pdftk: Installiert: 1.44-1withdbg2 Kandidat: 1.44-1withdbg2 Versionstabelle: *** 1.44-1withdbg2 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/johfel/pdftk/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.44-1 0 500 http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/ubuntu/archive/ natty/universe i386 Packages $ apt-cache policy libgcj11-dbg libgcj11-dbg: Installiert: 4.5.2-8ubuntu1 Kandidat: 4.5.2-8ubuntu1 Versionstabelle: *** 4.5.2-8ubuntu1 0 500 http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/ubuntu/archive/ natty/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779908 Title: pdftk fails with "output" option -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs