Pdftk runs on a variety of platforms, including: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and Solaris. Installation packages are available for some of these platforms. If a package is not available for your platform, then download the source code and build pdftk.

Note that some of these packages might not provide the latest version of pdftk (1.12). Check the version history to see how well an older version of pdftk might suit your needs.

Windows Program Download

Download and unzip the following file. Move the resulting pdftk.exe to a convenient location, such as C:windowssystem32 or C:winntsystem32. Open a command prompt and type pdftk --help. You should get these usage instructions.

• pdftk-1.12.exe.zip (~1.5MB)

Debian Package

You must run the Sarge or Sid Debian releases to use this package. Thanks to Aurélien Jarno for debianizing pdftk.

• http://packages.debian.org/pdftk

Macintosh OS X Panther (and Tiger) Installer

Scott E. Lasley has kindly provided this pdftk 1.12 installer package for OS X 10.3 users. OS X 10.2 users must build pdftk as described here.

• pdftk1.12_OSX10.3.dmg.gz

Helge Skrivervik reports that this installer does not work on OS X 10.4.0, but it does work on OS X 10.4.1.

David Rendon informed me of a Mac alternative to pdftk called Combine PDFs.

SuSE 9.2 RPM Package Download

Bernhard Walle has kindly provided binary and source RPMs for pdftk 1.12.

• pdftk-1.12-0.i586.rpm

• pdftk-1.12-0.src.rpm

SuSE 9.0 RPM Package Download

Tristan Miller has kindly provided a binary RPM for pdftk 1.00. He says it should also work for SuSE 8.2 users and other i386-compatible GNU/Linux systems.

• pdftk-1.00-1.i386.rpm, or directly from http://www.nothingisreal.com/rpm/

SuSE 8.2 RPM Package Downloads

Friedrich Lobenstock has kindly provided binary and source RPMs for SuSE 8.2 users.

• pdftk-1.00-0.i386.rpm, or directly from ftp://ftp.fl.priv.at/pub/pdftk/

• pdftk-1.00-0.src.rpm, or directly from ftp://ftp.fl.priv.at/pub/pdftk/

Gentoo Package

Thanks to Mamoru KOMACHI for creating and maintaining this package.

• http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=app-text;name=pdftk

FreeBSD Port

Thanks to Patrick Dung for porting pdftk to FreeBSD.

• http://www.freshports.org/print/pdftk/

Mandrake Package

Thanks to Jerome Soyer, pdftk has recently entered the Mandrake Cooker. Visit the RPM page to learn more:

• pdftk-1.00-1mdk RPM for i586

Mandrake users might also find this thread useful. A proposal to create a Mandrake package for pdftk is open for voting here.