---
title: Install scantools on Pop!_OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of scantools for on Pop!_OS - Turn scanned documents
  into high-quality PDF files
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/pop
---

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# Install scantools on **Pop!\_OS**

# scantools

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/pop#install)

#### Turn scanned documents into high-quality PDF files

Scantools is a high-quality library and a matching set of command-line programs for the handling and manipulation of scanned documents. At present, the tools can convert image files to PDF/A. Files in JBIG2, JPEG, and JPEG2000 format are directly included in the PDF, other files are compressed in a lossless manner. HOCR files, which are produced by optical character recognition programs such as ‘tesseract’, can be used to make the PDF file searchable. The resulting files comply with the ISO PDF/A standard for long-term archiving of digital documents and offer compression rates comparable to that of the DJVU file format. There are currently three command-line utilities.

* **scantools.image2pdf** converts images to a PDF/A compliant PDF file.
* **scantools.hocr2any** converts HOCR files to text or renders them as raster graphics or PDF files.
* **scantools.ocrPDF** adds a text layer to a graphics-only PDF file, without re-encoding graphics data or otherwise modifying file content.

### Package name

* scantools

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 17 August 2022 - latest/stable

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [kebekus.gitlab.io](https://kebekus.gitlab.io/scantools/ "https://kebekus.gitlab.io/scantools/")

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### Contact

* [stefan.kebekus@math.uni-freiburg.de](mailto:stefan.kebekus@math.uni-freiburg.de "mailto:stefan.kebekus@math.uni-freiburg.de")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/pop#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Pop!\_OS and install scantools

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on Pop!\_OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install scantools

To install scantools, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install scantools
```

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