How To Install R-pdftools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-pdftools in Fedora 36. R-pdftools is Text Extraction, Rendering and Converting of PDF Documents

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-pdftools on Fedora 36.

What is R-pdftools

Utilities based on ’libpoppler’ for extracting text, fonts, attachments and metadata from a PDF file. Also supports high quality rendering of PDF documents into PNG, JPEG, TIFF format, or into raw bitmap vectors for further processing in R.

We can use yum or dnf to install R-pdftools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install R-pdftools.

Install R-pdftools on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install R-pdftools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install R-pdftools

Install R-pdftools on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install R-pdftools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install R-pdftools

How To Uninstall R-pdftools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the R-pdftools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove R-pdftools

R-pdftools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/e87665f376679a06b04a3813c35f0ea6756378
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/DESCRIPTION
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/INDEX
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/LICENSE
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/Meta
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/Meta/Rd.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/Meta/features.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/Meta/hsearch.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/Meta/links.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/Meta/nsInfo.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/Meta/package.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/NAMESPACE
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/NEWS
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/R
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/R/pdftools
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/R/pdftools.rdb
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/R/pdftools.rdx
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/AnIndex
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/aliases.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/paths.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_attachments.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_combine.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_compress.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_convert.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_data.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_fonts.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_info.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_length.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_ocr.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_ocr_data.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_ocr_text.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_pagesize.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_render_page.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_split.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_subset.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_text.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdf_toc.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdftools.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdftools.rdb
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/pdftools.rdx
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/poppler_config.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/qpdf.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/reexports.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/render.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/help/rendering.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/html/00Index.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/html/R.css
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/html/pdf_ocr.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/html/pdf_render_page.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/html/pdftools.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/html/qpdf.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/libs
/usr/lib64/R/library/pdftools/libs/pdftools.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-pdftools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).