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Install XPDF Japanese Language Package

Step 1: Download the Japanese Language Package

curl -sL https://dl.xpdfreader.com/xpdf-japanese.tar.gz -o "$HOME/Downloads/xpdf-japanese.tar.gz"

Step 2: Create the required directories and files.

mkdir -p /usr/local/share/xpdf/japanese

touch -p $HOME/.xpdfrc

Step 3: Extract the Japanese Language Package

tar -xvf "$HOME/Downloads/xpdf-japanese.tar.gz" -C "/usr/local/share/xpdf/japanese" --strip-components 1

Step 4: Add the Japanese files to the XPDF Configuration File.

  1. Copy the following content:
#----- begin Japanese support package (2011-sep-02)
cidToUnicode	Adobe-Japan1	/usr/local/share/xpdf/japanese/Adobe-Japan1.cidToUnicode
unicodeMap	ISO-2022-JP	/usr/local/share/xpdf/japanese/ISO-2022-JP.unicodeMap
unicodeMap	EUC-JP		/usr/local/share/xpdf/japanese/EUC-JP.unicodeMap
unicodeMap	Shift-JIS	/usr/local/share/xpdf/japanese/Shift-JIS.unicodeMap
cMapDir		Adobe-Japan1	/usr/local/share/xpdf/japanese/CMap
toUnicodeDir			/usr/local/share/xpdf/japanese/CMap
#----- end Japanese support package
  1. Paste it into $HOME/.xpdfrc
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