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I get this error (?) message every time I start gscan2pdf scanner program.  Any ideas how to fix it?



Is it just a matter of installing something called PDFTK?

tried that - no luck here were the results:

Quote:Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree     
Reading state information... Done
Package pdftk is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'pdftk' has no installation candidate

Where did you get gscan2pdf from?

http://gscan2pdf.sourceforge.net/

Quote:sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jeffreyratcliffe/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gscan2pdf

You don't need a PPA, gscan2pdf is already available in 4.x

Uninstall the program, remove the PPA as per the Help Manual instructions.

Then:


should return something like:


if the version info is the same as above, then:


and in future, consult the Forums before adding PPA's, they are complicated. Cheers

(09-06-2019, 07:30 AM)Jerry link Wrote: [ -> ]...and in future, consult the Forums before adding PPA's, they are complicated. Cheers

THANKS - FIXED!  Will do.  Just trying to figure out things on my own instead of being so needy.  But you always come through, so THANKS!

All good

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