Not open source, no, but I don't begrudge them as they always used to be
kind to linux folks for years and has been a dope product.  Better than the
devil known as adobe.

Check below, this links you over to their deb's for ubuntu (yay for search
engines).  I ran it for years under ubuntu, so I know it at least was
around, but seems to still be.  The 5.x version requires a paid license,
but 4.x is still free for linux.

https://www.linuxuprising.com/2019/04/download-master-pdf-editor-4-for-linux.html
http://code-industry.net/public/master-pdf-editor-4.3.89_qt5.amd64.deb

-mb


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:39 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> bummer! masterpdfeditor isn't available for ubuntu/mint:(
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 5:34 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > isn't it open source? Doesn't that mean you can download the source
> > and compile all versions yourself?
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:09 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
> > <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > I always use Master PDF Editor.  The 4.x version is still free to use
> for linux (funny, linux was always free, but made windoze/mac folks pay,
> because they obviously have the cash), but 5.0 and on demands cash tax for
> all.  At least under arch they keep both packages for use.  This has been
> my go-to pdf editor for 5+ years at least, often using to add a signature
> or various field inputs to avoid a print, sign, and re-scan type scenario.
> > >
> > > I think even at cost it's like $75 bucks, which is still far better
> than buying adobe acrobat pro malware for $500 bucks to be infected
> invariably.  I've been using master pdf editor so long I should probably
> pay them out of respect.
> > >
> > > $ yay master pdf
> > > 2 aur/masterpdfeditor-free 4.3.89-1 (+56 4.48%) (Installed)
> > >     A complete solution for creation and editing PDF files - Free
> version without watermark
> > > 1 aur/masterpdfeditor 5.6.80-1 (+169 3.69%)
> > >     A complete solution for viewing, creating and editing PDF files
> > >
> > > -mb
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 12:21 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Does anyone know how to load a PDF document into simple-scan so you
> > >> can add onto it.
> > >>
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