PyMuPDF 1.9.1
Release date: May, 2016
- Ruikai Liu
- Jorj X. McKie
This is version 1.9.1 of PyMuPDF (formerly python-fitz), a Python binding which supports MuPDF 1.9a - "a lightweight PDF and XPS viewer".
MuPDF can access files in PDF, XPS, OpenXPS and EPUB (e-book) formats, and it is known for its top performance and high rendering quality.
With PyMuPDF you therefore can also access files with extensions *.pdf, *.xps, *.oxps or *.epub from your Python scripts.
See the Wiki for more info/news/release notes/etc.
Normally it should be as easy as running python setup.py install once MuPDF is in place (i.e. its binaries have been built / generated or have been made available otherwise).
Refer to this document for details.
AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python2-pymupdf/
Since MuPDF v1.9a is not available yet in the official repo, you need to first build it from source. Make sure to add -fPIC to CFLAGS when compiling.
When MuPDF is ready, edit setup.py in PyMuPDF and comment out the line of library_dirs=[] to specify the directory which contains libmupdf.a and other 3rd party libraries. Remove crypto from libraries in setup.py if it complains.
First please make sure that the dependencies are satisfied: brew install mupdf-tools jpeg jbig2dec freetype openssl
Then you might need to export ARCHFLAGS='-arch x86_64' since libmupdf.a is for x86_64 only.
Finally, please double check setup.py before building. Update include_dirs and library_dirs if necessary.
You can download pre-generated binaries from here that are suitable for your Python version, and thereby avoid any compilation hassle. Please refer to this document for details.
If you want to make your own binary, have a look at this Wiki page. It explains how to use Visual Studio for generating MuPDF in some detail.
Please have a look at the basic demos or the examples which contain complete, working programs.
You can also access the complete documentation as a PDF or as a Windows compiled html.
PyMuPDF is distributed under GNU GPL V3.
You can also find PyMuPDF on the Python Package Index PyPI.
We invite you to join our efforts by contributing to the the wiki pages.
Please submit comments or any issues either to this site or by sending an e-mail to the authors Ruikai Liu, Jorj X. McKie.