What are some great PDF editors for Linux?

Question

Hi I am looking for some great PDF editors besides Qoppa Software's PDF Studio I have already found, which is quite affordable. Are their any other ones more affordable for Ubuntu?

Answer 1

To change texts/annotate/insert images:

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Try Xournal++, which can used as an annotating tool. You can write on PDFs with mouse and digital pen, erase text and images, insert text, insert images, insert equations with LaTeX, and do many more things.

For versions older than Ubuntu 20.04: install instructions

To install it, you can use the Xournal++ stable PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apandada1/xournalpp-stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install xournalpp

In Ubuntu 22.04 and above, you can also install it from the repositories without the PPA (although the PPA hosts updated versions).

sudo apt install xournalpp

You can also use the snap and flatpak versions, but they may have issues with LaTeX.

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To reorder/remove/add/rotate pages:

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You can use PDF Arranger.

sudo apt install pdfarranger

Answer 2

PDF hasn't been proprietary since 2008. If you're paying money for a basic PDF editor, you're probably getting ripped off.

I recommend LibreOffice. In particular, LibreOffice Draw lets you edit and author PDF files like a typical word processor.

LibreOffice is included in Ubuntu repositories and it is both free (as in beer) and free (as in freedom). To install it, run:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libreoffice

Answer 3

Use inkscape. And yes, it is great!

sudo apt update
sudo apt install inkscape

inkscape has been around for years now, I don't know why nobody seems to know it exists. It started as a SVG editor. Previously, it was not possible to edit and save a multi-page PDF but it apparently works well.

I tried libreoffice, it was just doing weird formatting that makes the document unreadable, so I strongly recommend against it. Xournal++ only allow annotations, not editing the PDF.

Answer 4

I frequently use PDF Sam to extract, split, merge and rotate PDF files. The paid version has more functions.

There's also:

• PDF Chain
• PDF Mod
• Krop

Sometimes i use these for specific tasks for example for cropping parts of a pdf page.

All of them are available in the Ubuntu Software Centre.

Answer 5

Code Industry offers Master PDF Editor, which is free of charge for basic editing, but inserts a watermark for certain advanced editing. The Pro version costs $70 and of course it doesn't insert watermarks.

https://code-industry.net/get-masterpdfeditor/

It's not OSS.

Answer 6

I think you should try okular PDF editor made by KDE community I am using it it's best I think

Answer 7

I suggest okular developed by KDE community. You can install it from Ubuntu app store or simply using apt package manager.

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y okular