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Worked well till somewhere in 18.04
1. Now must be a snap install
2. sudo snap install pdftk

sudo ln -s /snap/pdftk/current/usr/bin/pdftk /usr/bin/pdftk

Manipulate pdf documents

change password status
1. You need to know the password in both cases
2. remove password

pdftk inputFileName.pdf input_pw actualPassword output outputFileName_no_pw.pdf

pdftk inputFileName.pdf output outputFileName.pdf user_pw actualPassword

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-== PDF Toolkit or pdftk from the command line ==
+==PDF Toolkit or pdftk from the command line==
-=== History ===
+===History===
-# Worked will till somewhere in 18.04
-## Now must be a snap install ##
-<code>sudo snap install pdftk</code>
-=== Purpose ===
+#Worked well till somewhere in 18.04
+##Now must be a snap install
+##<code>sudo snap install pdftk</code>
+##
+<code>sudo ln -s /snap/pdftk/current/usr/bin/pdftk /usr/bin/pdftk</code>
+<br />
+===Purpose===
 Manipulate pdf documents
-=== Usage ===
+===Usage===
-# change password status
-## You need to know the password in both cases
+#change password status
-## remove password
+##You need to know the password in both cases
+##remove password
 <code>pdftk inputFileName.pdf input_pw actualPassword output outputFileName_no_pw.pdf</code>
-## add a password
+##add a password
 <code>pdftk inputFileName.pdf output outputFileName.pdf user_pw actualPassword</code>