# pdf2svg

**Repository Path**: mirrors_dawbarton/pdf2svg

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: pdf2svg
- **Description**: A simple PDF to SVG converter using the Poppler and Cairo libraries
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: GPL-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2022-01-11
- **Last Updated**: 2026-04-13

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

pdf2svg
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A simple PDF to SVG converter using the Poppler and Cairo libraries.

For Windows binaries see <https://github.com/jalios/pdf2svg-windows>.

For Linux binaries, see your package manager (e.g., "yum install pdf2svg" or "apt-get install pdf2svg").

Prerequisites:

* [Poppler](http://poppler.freedesktop.org/)
    - tested with v0.5.4 but other versions may work as well
* [Cairo](http://cairographics.org/)
    - tested with v1.2.6 and v1.4.10 but other versions may work as well


To make and install pdf2svg:

1. Download pdf2svg-0.2.2.tar.gz and unpack
2. Change to the pdf2svg-0.2.2 directory
3. Do the normal ./configure && make && make install


Usage:

    pdf2svg <input.pdf> <output.svg> [<page no of pdf or "all">]


Copyright (C) 2007-2013 David Barton (davebarton@cityinthesky.co.uk)
[http://www.cityinthesky.co.uk/](http://www.cityinthesky.co.uk/)

Copyright (C) 2007 Matthew Flaschen (matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu)
Updated to allow conversion of all pages at once.

Copyright (C) 2008 Ed Grace
Added GNU Autotools commands.