Version of PDFSam in the repository is incredibly old

Bug #1012167 reported by Stefan K.
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This bug affects 13 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
pdfsam (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
pdfsam (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
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Bug Description

Hi,

the PDFSam version included in the Ubuntu repos is very old:
available in Ubuntu Precise: 1.1.4
available from http://www.pdfsam.org/?page_id=32 : 2.21

Is it possible to get a newer version or are there roadblocks?

Workaround:
* make sure you have OpenJDK installed
* download the ZIP archive from http://www.pdfsam.org/?page_id=32
* extract the archive to some folder
* navigate to said folder in a file manager
* right click and open with OpenJDK

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Stefan K. (astron) wrote :

Sorry, last step should have read:
"* right click the .jar file, and from the context menu choose Open with OpenJDK"

Logan Rosen (logan)
tags: added: upgrade-software-version
Changed in pdfsam (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
Mirko Pizii (hallino1)
Changed in pdfsam (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Mirko Pizii (hallino1)
Mirko Pizii (hallino1)
Changed in pdfsam (Ubuntu):
assignee: Mirko Pizii (hallino1) → nobody
Mirko Pizii (hallino1)
Changed in pdfsam (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Mirko Pizii (hallino1)
Mirko Pizii (hallino1)
Changed in pdfsam (Ubuntu):
assignee: Mirko Pizii (hallino1) → nobody
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in pdfsam (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar (chandra) wrote :

+1 from me. I have followed the instructions at:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9109328&postcount=5

but would prefer not to have a workaround.

Thanks.

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Charles Boling (junk07+launchpad) wrote :

Existing version no longer works at all in current Ubuntu 13.04 build. It now *needs* to be replaced.

Overlaying it w/ 2.2.2 as discussed above solved the problem. Looks like this could be an easy fix for the right person!

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theghost (theghost) wrote :

It's the curse of Debian :)
Even Debian sid (unstable) still has 1.1.4.
The package maintainers are discussing the upgrade.
So when Debian has a new version, Ubuntu will get a new version too, when the packages for a new release are synced.
Seems like we have to wait, some more releases :(

Logan Rosen (logan)
Changed in pdfsam (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
tags: added: trusty
tags: added: utopic
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Alexander Buchner (alexander-buchner) wrote :

In 2015 it's still very old.

tags: added: wily
tags: added: xenial
Changed in pdfsam (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in pdfsam (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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