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title: Install scantools on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of scantools for Linux - Turn scanned documents
  into high-quality PDF files
url: https://snapcraft.io/scantools
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# scantools

[Stefan Kebekus (stefan-kebekus)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/stefan-kebekus "View all snaps from Stefan Kebekus (stefan-kebekus)")

* [Stefan Kebekus (stefan-kebekus)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/stefan-kebekus "View all snaps from Stefan Kebekus (stefan-kebekus)")
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latest/stable 1.0.7

Install latest/stable of scantools

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

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install scantools
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### 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/scantools#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/scantools#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/scantools#tab-security)

#### 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.

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## Install scantools on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/scantools/ubuntu)