How can use documents4j on linux?

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I am working on spring mvc web project on windows and my server is installed on linux. I am using documents4j for docx file convert to pdf file and it works fine on windows but when i put the code to the server it doesn't work because my server is on linux. Can documents4j work on linux? Or which library can I use instead of documents4j?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 14 '20 at 07:11

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documents4j can work on Linux but not all of its converters. If you are using MS Word or MS Excel, naturally, you will have to use Windows.

answered May 14 '20 at 07:11

Rafael Winterhalter

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That's a pain..documents4j was the only library out of these: opensagres, apachePOI and docx4j that converted the docx file into a pdf with the same formatting and without any errors. When I tried to run this in Bamboo it failed, and I've discovered that it relies on MS converters..Bummer! So how the hell I make this working in unix based envs ? is there any chance to make it work ? Btw, thanks for the contribution to opensource world and to this library ! – brebDev Dec 08 '21 at 14:59
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If you can get Word and VBS run on Linux, it could work, but I doubt it's possible. Typically, you run the conversion on a remote Windows server. – Rafael Winterhalter Dec 10 '21 at 09:57

Anmol Jain · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-21T10:05:57.890

documents4j works only if you have MS Word installed in your system, which is not possible on linux. I suggest you to do this : Install libre office on linux and run this :

  String command = "libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf " + inputWordFilePath + " --outdir " + outputPdfPath;
 
 try {
         Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
      } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }

How can use documents4j on linux?

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