pdf-outline

A simple tool based on poppler to extract outline from pdf file. The output format is the same as that of toc file described in this project.

Requirements

• g++ or clang++ that supports c++17
• Poppler 24.04.0

On macos use the following command to install it:

brew install poppler

Build

If you are using MacOS and poppler is installed using homebrew, run the following commands first:

export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/homebrew/include/
export LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/homebrew/lib

Then run

cd pdf-outline
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

Usage

./pdf-outline <pdf-file> [> <output-file>]