{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matteosecli/pdf2archive/issues/6","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matteosecli/pdf2archive","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matteosecli/pdf2archive/issues/6/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matteosecli/pdf2archive/issues/6/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matteosecli/pdf2archive/issues/6/events","html_url":"https://github.com/matteosecli/pdf2archive/issues/6","id":304478703,"number":6,"title":"Provide instructions for Windows systems","user":{"login":"matteosecli","id":4618521,"avatar_url":"https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/4618521?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/matteosecli","html_url":"https://github.com/matteosecli","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matteosecli/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matteosecli/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matteosecli/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matteosecli/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matteosecli/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matteosecli/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matteosecli/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matteosecli/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matteosecli/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"id":864702339,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matteosecli/pdf2archive/labels/documentation","name":"documentation","color":"fef2c0","default":false},{"id":734689672,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matteosecli/pdf2archive/labels/enhancement","name":"enhancement","color":"84b6eb","default":true}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2018-03-12T17:58:28Z","updated_at":"2018-03-12T17:58:28Z","closed_at":null,"author_association":"OWNER","body":"This doesn't mean that there is an *official* Windows support; prebuilt packages (with e.g. Cygwin, GS and Java) will not be provided (as I don't have a chance to test them, so it's pointless so ship something untested).\r\n\r\nHowever, being GS and Java cross-platform, there should be in principle no obstacle in running `pdf2archive` in Windows (once one has a __Bash__ shell). Additionally, given that I've put up `pdf2archive` right because Linux is discriminated in the availability of free PDF/A-1B converting solutions, it would not be nice to \"discriminate back\" Windows.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n### Possible solutions\r\n\r\n* __For Windows 10 on__\r\n  An option would be to use the WSL. Checks are needed.\r\n* __For older versions__\r\n  I think we need something like [Cygwin](https://www.cygwin.com). Users can be instructed to open a Cygwin terminal and run `pdf2archive` as you would do on Linux, or we can provide them with a `.bat` wrapper. Checks are needed.\r\n\r\n### TODO\r\n\r\n- [ ] Find someone willing to test on Windows, as I don't have a Windows box available (and I don't plan to have one).\r\n- [ ] Test the solution with WSL on Windows 10.\r\n- [ ] Test the solution with Cygwin, both with and without a `.bat`.\r\n- [ ] Provide instructions for installing Ghostscript, Java and a WSL Linux distro (or Cygwin)."}}
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