#13 Make it easy to run on Linux

[Peter Bittner]

Currently, I don't see an easy way to run this software on Linux. Either the setup instructions are so well hidden that I don't find them, or it's simply that no-one has ever successfully managed to get the software running on a Linux distribution.

One of the fist obstacles is the poppler module:

$ python2 pdfbooklet.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "pdfbooklet.py", line 85, in <module>
    import poppler
ImportError: No module named poppler

I've noticed that the poppler module is available in the project home as poppler.pyd file only. This file type is only suitable for Windows. Can you provide a .py file instead?

[Averell]

Hello Peter,
the 2.2.2 version has three Linux installations : Debian, Rpm and Tar.gz. They have been tested and work. The Debian and Rpm packets will handle the dependencies.
There are not so many differences with the 2.3 version, and that's why I have not yet made Linux versions for the 2.3.

[Peter Bittner]

Ah, cool! For future reference: download 2.2.2

You should build a continuous integration pipeline that builds all the packages automatically once you commit/push changes. Have a look at Travis-CI, Shippable, Codeship.