PDF Split and Merge (pdfsam) - an elegant tool that establishes the tasks stated in the name of the product. pdfsam is distributed under GPL license and requires Java Virtual Machine 1.4.2 or higher. This tools helps you in splitting PDF documents into individual pages, merge many pages into a single document, extract odd/even pages and many other features in its basic version. To learn more about this tool or to download a copy of it visit pdfsam.org

Installing Java on Ubuntu Linux Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add in the following lines (if they are not present already) $ vi /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

Sometimes, these lines may be commented out in which case you need to uncomment these two lines. Then save the file.
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