Convert Pdf to Swf with SWFTools and Intallation on Linux Ubuntu

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Installation And Usage

First you need to download the SWFTools for SWF manipulation and generation , for that you can directly download from here

Or Take a Git Clone   


git clone git://git.swftools.org/swftools
 

So these are the steps you need to follow




tar -zvxf swftools-0.x.x.tar
cd swftools-0.x.x
./configure
make
make install


 



You also need to install few libraries, You can directly install these from Ubuntu Software Center , if you are using Ubuntu  


    

  1. freetype
    2. 

  2. jpeglib 
    3. 


Now type this to confirm the installation




whereis pdf2swf


 

Once you have the location, you will be ready with the command




whereis pdf2swf
pdf2swf: /usr/bin/pdf2swf /usr/share/man/man1/pdf2swf.1.gz



Now you are on the way to use the command to covert pdf to swf




/usr/bin/pdf2swf -zl -p 1-10 -s bitmap -j 75 --viewer /path_to_background.swf /path_to_pdf_file.pdf -o /Output_pdf.swf








































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