PDF to Text/RTF fails

[jdaviescoates]

@girish said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

I think maybe it needs text in the PDF for this feature to work (i.e this is not OCR)

That's what I was going to say it could very likely be.

Edit: but I don't think that is the case. I just tried with a PDF that has text and got the same error:

java.io.IOException: Command process failed with exit code 77. Error message: javaldx failed!
Warning: failed to read path from javaldx
LibreOffice 7.3 - Fatal Error: The application cannot be started. 
User installation could not be completed. 
	at stirling.software.SPDF.utils.ProcessExecutor.runCommandWithOutputHandling(ProcessExecutor.java:93)
	at stirling.software.SPDF.utils.PDFToFile.processPdfToOfficeFormat(PDFToFile.java:56)
	at stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.converters.ConvertPDFToOffice.processPdfToRTForTXT(ConvertPDFToOffice.java:48)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
	at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:207)
	at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:152)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:118)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:884)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:797)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:87)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1081)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:974)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1011)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:914)
	at jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:590)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:885)
	at jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:658)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:205)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:51)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at stirling.software.SPDF.config.MetricsFilter.doFilterInternal(MetricsFilter.java:41)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:100)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.FormContentFilter.doFilterInternal(FormContentFilter.java:93)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.ServerHttpObservationFilter.doFilterInternal(ServerHttpObservationFilter.java:109)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:90)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:482)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:115)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:93)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteIpValve.invoke(RemoteIpValve.java:738)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:341)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:390)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:63)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:894)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1741)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:52)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1191)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:659)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

[girish]

@jdaviescoates the javaldx issue is sorted out in latest update atleast (I think).

[jdaviescoates]

@girish said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

@jdaviescoates the javaldx issue is sorted out in latest update atleast (I think).

I still seem to get the exact same issue:

java.io.IOException: Command process failed with exit code 77. Error message: javaldx failed!
Warning: failed to read path from javaldx
LibreOffice 7.3 - Fatal Error: The application cannot be started. 
User installation could not be completed. 
	at stirling.software.SPDF.utils.ProcessExecutor.runCommandWithOutputHandling(ProcessExecutor.java:93)
	at stirling.software.SPDF.utils.PDFToFile.processPdfToOfficeFormat(PDFToFile.java:56)
	at stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.converters.ConvertPDFToOffice.processPdfToRTForTXT(ConvertPDFToOffice.java:48)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
	at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:207)
	at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:152)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:118)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:884)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:797)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:87)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1081)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:974)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1011)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:914)
	at jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:590)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:885)
	at jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:658)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:205)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:51)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at stirling.software.SPDF.config.MetricsFilter.doFilterInternal(MetricsFilter.java:41)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:100)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.FormContentFilter.doFilterInternal(FormContentFilter.java:93)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.ServerHttpObservationFilter.doFilterInternal(ServerHttpObservationFilter.java:109)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:90)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:482)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:115)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:93)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteIpValve.invoke(RemoteIpValve.java:738)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:341)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:390)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:63)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:894)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1741)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:52)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1191)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:659)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

[Berliner]

fresh install and got the same issue

[archos]

@girish There is also a problem when converting any file to PDF.

 
java.io.IOException: Command process failed with exit code 1. Error message: /usr/local/bin/unoconv:19: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives
  from distutils.version import LooseVersion
unoconv: Cannot find a suitable office installation on your system.
ERROR: Please locate your office installation and send your feedback to:
       http://github.com/dagwieers/unoconv/issues
	at stirling.software.SPDF.utils.ProcessExecutor.runCommandWithOutputHandling(ProcessExecutor.java:93)
	at stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.converters.ConvertOfficeController.convertToPdf(ConvertOfficeController.java:42)
	at stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.converters.ConvertOfficeController.processPdfWithOCR(ConvertOfficeController.java:74)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
	at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:207)
	at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:152)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:118)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:884)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:797)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:87)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1081)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:974)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1011)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:914)
	at jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:590)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:885)
	at jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:658)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:205)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:51)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at stirling.software.SPDF.config.MetricsFilter.doFilterInternal(MetricsFilter.java:41)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:100)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.FormContentFilter.doFilterInternal(FormContentFilter.java:93)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.ServerHttpObservationFilter.doFilterInternal(ServerHttpObservationFilter.java:109)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:149)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:90)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:482)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:115)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:93)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteIpValve.invoke(RemoteIpValve.java:738)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:341)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:390)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:63)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:894)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1741)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:52)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1191)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:659)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

[girish]

@archos I think this one is fixed with the latest update.

[Berliner]

@girish this is right. Updated the app and now it works.

[girish]

OCR should also work better now. It was missing a bunch of packages.

[archos]

@girish But converting to PDF doesn't work for me, I tried reinstalling the apps but it's the same.
I also tried different formats DOC, XLS, XLSX, ODT.

[necrevistonnezr]

For me, it’s doing something but doesn’t let me access the file after conversion - nothing happens:

Jul 01 23:05:45 Running command: soffice --infilter=writer_pdf_import --convert-to doc --outdir /tmp/output_12731918207241714492 /tmp/input_12820457046940439487.pdfCommand output:
Jul 01 23:05:45 convert /tmp/input_12820457046940439487.pdf -> /tmp/output_12731918207241714492/input_12820457046940439487.doc using filter : MS Word 97
Jul 01 23:06:04 Running command: soffice --infilter=writer_pdf_import --convert-to docx --outdir /tmp/output_13110194667904771198 /tmp/input_2013883566298576050.pdfCommand output:
Jul 01 23:06:04 convert /tmp/input_2013883566298576050.pdf -> /tmp/output_13110194667904771198/input_2013883566298576050.docx using filter : MS Word 2007 XML
Jul 01 23:06:35 Running command: soffice --infilter=writer_pdf_import --convert-to rtf --outdir /tmp/output_12759007429764915141 /tmp/input_5102818123428729636.pdfCommand output:
Jul 01 23:06:35 convert /tmp/input_5102818123428729636.pdf -> /tmp/output_12759007429764915141/input_5102818123428729636.rtf using filter : Rich Text Format

[girish]

@necrevistonnezr I noticed that for some of the conversions. The processing button would be disabled but the browser already downloaded the file under Downloads.

[girish]

@archos please try with v1.1.0 package . Think I have fixed it for real now.

[archos]

@girish Great, thanks so much for the update. Already the conversion to PDF format is working.

[LoudLemur]

I tried this yesterday, pdf-to-rtf, pdf-to-txt. Both failed, and created empty files instead. Might it have been due to a lack of memory being allocated? App Version: 0.10.3

[nebulon]

Were there any errors shown or if the app crashed out of memory, you should see a notification about that in Cloudron. And just to be sure, have you tried other pdf documents?

[jdaviescoates]

@LoudLemur said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

I tried this yesterday, pdf-to-rtf, pdf-to-txt. Both failed, and created empty files instead.

Same.

@nebulon said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

Were there any errors shown

No errors were shown on screen nor in the app logs.

@nebulon said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

And just to be sure, have you tried other pdf documents?

Yes, I've tried numerous PDFs all with the same empty .txt file as the result.

[girish]

Yeah, I have never got the conversion to work. I think it's probably an upstream bug.

[jdaviescoates]

@girish said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

Yeah, I have never got the conversion to work.

So I guess this shouldn't be marked as solved.

@girish said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

I think it's probably an upstream bug.

If that's the case perhaps @froodle can help?

[girish]

@jdaviescoates You can also try if running soffice --infilter=writer_pdf_import --convert-to txt:Text --outdir /tmp/invoice Invoice.pdf works . For me, it doesn't produce anything even on my laptop.

[jdaviescoates]

@girish said in PDF to Text/RTF fails:

@jdaviescoates You can also try if running soffice --infilter=writer_pdf_import --convert-to txt:Text --outdir /tmp/invoice Invoice.pdf works . For me, it doesn't produce anything even on my laptop.

When I try that on my laptop I just get:

Warning: failed to launch javaldx - java may not function correctly