OS Package Request: Poppler [218520075]

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ju...@gmail.com

created issue #1

Feb 8, 2022 07:14PM

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I have been using poppler, a pdf rendering library, which is required for certain python3 packages such as pdf2image. Would be nice if we could add poppler to system packages

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ma...@google.com <ma...@google.com> #2Feb 9, 2022 11:43PM

Assigned to gc...@google.com.

Hello,

Thanks for bringing this to our notice! A feature request for the same has been forwarded to the App Engine Product Engineering Team so that they may evaluate it. However, please note that there is no ETA or guarantee of implementation for this. Rest assured, we’ll keep you updated on every update we receive from the team. All communication regarding this feature request is to be done here.

[Deleted User] <[Deleted User]> #3Feb 9, 2022 11:48PM

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ju...@gmail.com <ju...@gmail.com> #4Feb 9, 2022 11:49PM

I think poppler is a system package. It can't be pip installed and hence no point of declaring in it requirements.txt file I believe.

https://poppler.freedesktop.org

ma...@google.com <ma...@google.com> #5Feb 11, 2022 11:30PM

It can be installed using pip, but you need to use python-poppler

ma...@google.com <ma...@google.com> #6Feb 17, 2022 12:37AM

Status: Won't Fix (Intended Behavior)

We haven't heard back from you in several days about your issue with installing the poppler library.

We are proceeding to close the issue, but, please, feel free to open a new Public Issue Tracker if the issue presents again.

Issue 218520075