[Suggestion] For Using pdf-diff on Windows

[ilovefreesw]

Finding Poppler for Windows is a herculean task. Latest build is not available anywhere. So far, I could find the old Windows builds at below link and it works after you set it in PATH environment variable.

https://blog.alivate.com.au/poppler-windows/

Link this in the Readme so Windows users don't have to spend hours in order to make this tool work.

[serhack]

Thanks for the link, I'm going to add it to README. I'm trying to find a solid alternative to poppler (such as a Go library) so I can pack everything under one binary. If you find one, please let me know.

EDIT: aren't those poppler binary a little bit too outdated? I do not have any Windows-based machine to try. If you confirm me that, that would be great.

[lcubrilo]

The poppler link doesn't work.

How to install this on Windows?

[ilovefreesw]

How to install this on Windows?

https://github.com/oschwartz10612/poppler-windows/releases

[LeiYangGH]

i cannot make it run on windows neither.
see my PowerShell log:

PS C:\Users\admin> cd C:\Users\admin\Downloads\
PS C:\Users\admin\Downloads> .\pdf-diff.exe .\11.pdf .\22.pdf
Color chosen: 255.000000 32.000000 16.000000
Image generation for: .\11.pdf
[]
Image generation for: .\22.pdf
[]
PS C:\Users\admin\Downloads> $Env:PATH += ";C:\Users\admin\Downloads\Release-24.08.0-0\poppler-24.08.0\Library\bin"
PS C:\Users\admin\Downloads> .\pdf-diff.exe .\11.pdf .\22.pdf
Color chosen: 255.000000 32.000000 16.000000
Image generation for: .\11.pdf
Image generation for: .\22.pdf
PS C:\Users\admin\Downloads>

and nothing in generated folder.