Re: OT - stitching together 2 pdf files

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

On 07/12/2011 04:10 PM, AG wrote:
> On 12/07/11 19:22, Wayne Topa wrote:
> > On 07/12/2011 12:34 PM, AG wrote:
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > Sorry for the OT, but does anyone know of a way to stitch 2 separate pdf
> > > files together to make one large one?
> > >
> > > I'm pretty sure acroread won't, but I was wondering about Xpdf or
> > > possibly a command-line approach?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > You already have answers but in the future you may want to use the
> > tools on your own system.
> >
> > apt-cache search PDF |grep merge
> >
> > Would have saved you, and others the time and bandwidth as well as
> > learning about the tools you already have.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> > --
> > Give a man a fish, feed him for a day
> > Teach a man to fish feed him for life
> Your signature is apt, Wayne.
>
> Nonetheless, to sound somewhat Rumsfeldian ... I really don't know what
> I don't know. Consequently, I would never have imagined that I could run
> such a command and get a coherent answer. So apologies if my system can
> tell me this, but how do I find out what else my system can tell me?

We all had to learn when we started so don't feel too bad.  :-)

To start with I would suggest you install the debian-reference package. 
 It will let you know an awful lot that we all didn't/don't know.

Read the package descriptions of the packages you already have installed 
and then their man pages and the README files that go with them.

I would start with the man pages of aptitude, apt, apt-cache and 
apt-listbugs.

That should get you going and help you a lot.

Regards
Wayne

--
 Give a man a fish, feed him for a day
 Teach a man to fish feed him for life