Tag: PDF

WSL, Ubuntu 20.05, command line, for “PDF to HTML.” Step by step.

Here are the short instructions to convert a PDF to HTML using WSL with Ubuntu 20.04:

1. Install WSL with Ubuntu 20.04.
2. Launch the Ubuntu terminal.
3. Update Ubuntu: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y.
4. Install Poppler: sudo apt install -y poppler-utils.
5. Convert PDF to HTML using:
   pdftohtml -s <input_file>.pdf <output_file>.html
6. Access the converted HTML file in the same directory.

That’s it!