How to convert djvu to pdf

[Tapas Bose, India]

Step - 1 : Goto Synaptic Package Manager (System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager)


Step - 2 : Install


djvulibre-bin
libdjvulibre21
okular-extra-backends
evince
libevdocument1
libevview1



Step - 3 : Goto terminal and write


sudo apt-get install libtiff-tools


Step - 4 : Goto the directory where the djvu file is present. Click the right mouse button. Goto “Open In Terminal” option. Click on it. A terminal will open.


Step - 5 : In that terminal write


ddjvu -format=tiff file_name.djvu file_name.tiff


tiff2pdf -j -o file_name.pdf file_name.tiff





The djvu to pdf conversion is done. :) :)



N.B. file_name means name of your djvu file.

[Tapas Bose, India]

Correction :

djvu2pdf???? see how to convert djvu to pdf

[Sef]

merged threads.

[Geraba]

I tried this, and I got the message:


Aborted (core dumped)

Using verbose mode, it seems it gives this error in the middle of the document... So the .tif file is incomplete.

[redbook4574]

I tried this, and I got the message:


Aborted (core dumped)

Using verbose mode, it seems it gives this error in the middle of the document... So the .tif file is incomplete.


Admittedly I have never used Djvu but would it not be possible to simply open the djvu file with djvu viewer and then print to a pdf printer (ie cups-pdf).

[Geraba]

It seems it worked... Thanks!

But is there a way to convert using the command line only?

[ubunterooster]

why can't you just cntrl+p, print to file, and have that file be pdf?

[Genitruc]

Here how I did.
1) open file.djvu with evince
2) use ctrl+p to go in the print option and choose "print to file". This convert your file in .ps
3) open okular and use "import to pdf" in the file menu to import your .ps file.
4) use "save as" to save your document in pdf

Genitruc

[cor3huis]

What about simply using DJView and export as PDF?

Step - 1 : Goto Synaptic Package Manager (System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager)
Step - 2 : Install DJview4
Step - 3 : Run DJview (Applications - Graphics - DJView4)
Step - 4 : Open your .djvu document
Step - 5 : Menu - Export As: PDF

Done! A simpler method I cannot think of :-) Good luck!

[gazazello]

What about simply using DJView and export as PDF?

Step - 1 : Goto Synaptic Package Manager (System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager)
Step - 2 : Install DJview4
Step - 3 : Run DJview (Applications - Graphics - DJView4)
Step - 4 : Open your .djvu document
Step - 5 : Menu - Export As: PDF

Done! A simpler method I cannot think of :-) Good luck!

Nice! It worked swiftly and smoothly! Thank you!

[ivan.p]

Using Djview4 worked for me too. Thank you.

[ivan.p]

why can't you just cntrl+p, print to file, and have that file be pdf?


Admittedly I have never used Djvu but would it not be possible to simply open the djvu file with djvu viewer and then print to a pdf printer (ie cups-pdf).

I suspected Djview4 would keep text as text when generating a PDF file. This would have been a strong argument in favour of Djview4 vs cups-pdf. Apparently, Djview4 exports everything as images, which means that it generates huge PDF files, even when the original Djvu files are small.

However, evince does not render some Djvu files properly. To use your method (printing the file as PDF), you may need to use a Djvu viewer other than evince. But yes, in principle, your method would work just fine, and it has the advantage of not requiring the installation of new software.

It remains to be seen if there's an alternative solution in which the text in a Djvu file is exported as text in a PDF file.

[naught101]

None of the methods here keep the underlying text in an OCR'd djvu when converting to a pdf. Anyone know how to do that?

[cmcanulty]

I agree a simple utility hopefully with a GUI is really needed for this conversion

[mahy]

Here how I did.
1) open file.djvu with evince
2) use ctrl+p to go in the print option and choose "print to file". This convert your file in .ps
3) open okular and use "import to pdf" in the file menu to import your .ps file.
4) use "save as" to save your document in pdf

Genitruc

Works in most cases, but I had a djvu document with some portrait and some landscape pages. This method resulted either in all pages portrait or all pages landscape...

[mahy]

ddjvu -format=tiff file_name.djvu file_name.tiff


tiff2pdf -j -o file_name.pdf file_name.tiff



I succeeded in creating the TIFF file, but then the subsequent PDF file was okay viewed in Evince, but Adobe Reader and Foxit Reader displayed it all RED! ](*,)

The only option was to leave out the "-j" JPEG encryption. However, the resulting PDF was more than 10 times as big... :)

[rndmusr]

http://0x2a.at/s/projects/djvu2pdf

command line tool for djvu to pdf conversion

[bariskeskin]

What about simply using DJView and export as PDF?

Step - 1 : Goto Synaptic Package Manager (System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager)
Step - 2 : Install DJview4
Step - 3 : Run DJview (Applications - Graphics - DJView4)
Step - 4 : Open your .djvu document
Step - 5 : Menu - Export As: PDF

Done! A simpler method I cannot think of :-) Good luck!


I tried the other solutions but only this one worked for me thank you very much :)

[cmcanulty]

That works great does anyone know of a similar tool to convert chm files to pdf hopefully a graphical tool.

[Hrexen]

I did it in other way.
I just printed it to file twice by default Document Viewer.
For first time to .ps and after to .pdf.

P.S. .ps to .pdf conversion takes a lot of time. :)

[luisjaime]

Thanks, the last sugestion is very efficient and practical.
:D

[luisjaime]

Thanks, the last post gave me the solution, it's very efficiently and practical

[airtonix]

hilarious, turned an 8mb djvu file into a 300mb pdf.

[Rushyang]

hilarious, turned an 8mb djvu file into a 300mb pdf.

Same case here.. My 5MB djvu file turned out as 614MB pdf..:shock: I deleted it after conversion.. 8-[

[haydoni]

None of the methods here keep the underlying text in an OCR'd djvu when converting to a pdf. Anyone know how to do that?
I'd also like to know this! :confused:

[Varad Vyapari]

What about simply using DJView and export as PDF?

Step - 1 : Goto Synaptic Package Manager (System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager)
Step - 2 : Install DJview4
Step - 3 : Run DJview (Applications - Graphics - DJView4)
Step - 4 : Open your .djvu document
Step - 5 : Menu - Export As: PDF

Done! A simpler method I cannot think of :-) Good luck!
thanks bro, it really is too simple..will u assist me as to how to post queries on ubuntu forums? i m a school-going boy and am not adept to ubuntu forums.
thanks a lott

[honeybear]

Step - 1 : Goto Synaptic Package Manager (System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager)


Step - 2 : Install


djvulibre-bin
libdjvulibre21
okular-extra-backends
evince
libevdocument1
libevview1



Step - 3 : Goto terminal and write


sudo apt-get install libtiff-tools


Step - 4 : Goto the directory where the djvu file is present. Click the right mouse button. Goto “Open In Terminal” option. Click on it. A terminal will open.


Step - 5 : In that terminal write


ddjvu -format=tiff file_name.djvu file_name.tiff


tiff2pdf -j -o file_name.pdf file_name.tiff





The djvu to pdf conversion is done. :) :)



N.B. file_name means name of your djvu file.

djview4 has amazing export options. it is x11 and gtk. great

http://djvu.sourceforge.net/djview4.html

[b77665]

There is no need for the djvu2pdf script. You can also convert a djvu file to pdf with the following terminal command:

ddjvu -format=pdf input.djvu output.pdf

Nevertheless the filesize is bloated as mentioned. Maybe this is caused by a missing compression of internally used imagefiles.

[Varad Vyapari]

install DjView4, open the djvu document then click on file-export as and proceed..it is indeed simple and efficient though it can blow up the file size considerably

[selinger]

The "export to PDF" option in djview worked fine, except that it lost the searchable text. The djvu file I am looking at consists of some scanned pages of text, with the "encoded" text behind it so that it is searchable. In the PDF, there are just the scanned image, all the character info is lost.

Does anyone know how to convert it to PDF and preserve the searchability?

[VirtualPirate]

Quote:
Originally Posted by cor3huis
What about simply using DJView and export as PDF?

Step - 1 : Goto Synaptic Package Manager (System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager)
Step - 2 : Install DJview4
Step - 3 : Run DJview (Applications - Graphics - DJView4)
Step - 4 : Open your .djvu document
Step - 5 : Menu - Export As: PDF

Done! A simpler method I cannot think of Good luck!


This worked great thanks.):P

[oldos2er]

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