Re: convert odt to pdf via the command line

[Raj Kiran Grandhi <grajkiran@gmail.com>]

Roberto D'Oliveira wrote:
> 2008/9/24 Raj Kiran Grandhi <grajkiran@gmail.com>:
> > I have a bunch of .odt files that I want to convert to pdf. Is there any
> > tool that can do it? apt-cache search did not show anything helpful nor did
> > google.
> >
> > Last time I needed this, I ended up adding a pdf printer and  printing the
> > documents to that printer using the -pt option of oowriter.
> >
> > However, it is not very reliable, since the command returns immediately and
> > the pdf is available only after some time. Makes it tricky to write a script
> > that has to use the generated pdf.
> >
> > Any pointers will be helpful.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Raj Kiran
>
> I'm using unoconv for this work.

Unfortunately for me, unoconv is only available on lenny and later. For 
etch, the script pointed out by François Cerbelle does a fairly good job.

Thank you.
Raj Kiran Grandhi