installation - Unable to install pdftotext on Python 3.6, missing poppler

Question

How can I install pdftotext properly?

I'm getting the error message below when installing pdftotext in Python 3.6. I also tried to install the package manually by downloading the zip file but still got the same error.

  pdftotext/pdftotext.cpp(4): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'poppler/cpp/poppler-document.h': No such file or directory
  error: command 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\x86_amd64\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2     

Answer 1

I found some help in the Readme.md file in the pdftotext package :

1) Install OS Dependencies :

on Debian, Ubuntu, and friends:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libpoppler-cpp-dev pkg-config python-dev

on Fedora, Red Hat, and friends:

sudo yum install gcc-c++ pkgconfig poppler-cpp-devel python-devel redhat-rpm-config

2) Do the normal install :

pip install pdftotext

and it worked for me.