This doesn't mean that there is an official Windows support; prebuilt packages (with e.g. Cygwin, GS and Java) will not be provided (as I don't have a chance to test them, so it's pointless so ship something untested).
However, being GS and Java cross-platform, there should be in principle no obstacle in running pdf2archive in Windows (once one has a Bash shell). Additionally, given that I've put up pdf2archive right because Linux is discriminated in the availability of free PDF/A-1B converting solutions, it would not be nice to "discriminate back" Windows.
Possible solutions
- For Windows 10 on
An option would be to use the WSL. Checks are needed.
- For older versions
I think we need something like Cygwin. Users can be instructed to open a Cygwin terminal and run pdf2archive as you would do on Linux, or we can provide them with a .bat wrapper. Checks are needed.
TODO
This doesn't mean that there is an official Windows support; prebuilt packages (with e.g. Cygwin, GS and Java) will not be provided (as I don't have a chance to test them, so it's pointless so ship something untested).
However, being GS and Java cross-platform, there should be in principle no obstacle in running
pdf2archivein Windows (once one has a Bash shell). Additionally, given that I've put uppdf2archiveright because Linux is discriminated in the availability of free PDF/A-1B converting solutions, it would not be nice to "discriminate back" Windows.Possible solutions
An option would be to use the WSL. Checks are needed.
I think we need something like Cygwin. Users can be instructed to open a Cygwin terminal and run
pdf2archiveas you would do on Linux, or we can provide them with a.batwrapper. Checks are needed.TODO
.bat.