How do I install PDFBox on mac?

Question

I'm new at this area and I would like to get help from you guys. The problem is that I have no idea how to start or where. I'm trying to install PDFBox on a mac computer for this project I'm doing. So the question is: Where do I start and where can I find some good examples of using PDFBox.

I have read a lot on google but still im sitting here with nothing, I dont understand how I'm suppose to add the jar-files in CLASSPATH (pdfbox-1.8.2.jar,fontbox-1.8.2.jar,jempbox-1.8.2.jar etc..)

I would be grateful if someone could show me how to install this or these library(ies) and an example to read in a PDF file with JAVA-programming. Is this to much to ask? I have never asked anything on SOF.

Can somebody please help me, the deadline is getting closer :(

P.S. It's not a school project

Answer 1

For the first part of your question read this SO question

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12842063/where-to-install-jar-files-on-os-x-so-other-java-applications-will-find-them

It's normal to supply the jar file with your application and provide some method of setting the class path. e.g. by wrapping the java command in a shell script.

Alternatively, Oracle have provided instructions for making a standalone app bundle.

The second part is more tricky. PDFBox is quite complex, but they supply some examples in the PDFBox cookbook