PolitePol is an open-source tool that allows you to easily extract and manipulate text from PDF files. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install and start using PolitePol on Windows 11. The following instructions assume that you have some familiarity with using the command-line interface on Windows.
Before we can start using PolitePol, we need to install Python. PolitePol requires Python version 3.6 or higher to run. You can download the latest version of Python from the official website https://www.python.org/downloads/. Make sure to select the correct version of Python for your system architecture (32-bit or 64-bit).
Follow the installation wizard to complete the installation. Be sure to check the “Add Python to PATH” option during the installation process.
PolitePol is hosted on GitHub, so we need to install Git to clone the PolitePol repository. You can download the Git installer for Windows from the official website https://git-scm.com/download/win and follow the installation wizard.
Now that we have installed Python and Git, we can clone the PolitePol repository to our local machine. Open the command-line interface on Windows by pressing the Win + R keys, typing cmd and pressing Enter.
Navigate to the directory where you want to clone the PolitePol repository by using the cd command. For example, if you want to create a folder called MyProjects on your desktop and clone the PolitePol repository inside, type the following command:
cd Desktop\MyProjects
To clone the PolitePol repository, execute the following command:
git clone https://github.com/taroved/pol.git
This will clone the PolitePol repository to your local machine.
Navigate to the PolitePol directory that was created when you cloned the repository. This can be done by typing the following command from the command-line interface:
cd pol
Now that we are inside the PolitePol directory, we can install the required dependencies by executing the following command:
pip install -r requirements.txt
This will install all the dependencies needed to run PolitePol.
To test that PolitePol is running correctly, execute the following command from the command-line interface:
python politepol.py -h
This should display the help message for PolitePol. If you see the help message, congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured PolitePol on your Windows 11 system.
In this tutorial, we have walked through the steps to install PolitePol on Windows 11. Now you can easily extract and manipulate text from PDF files using PolitePol. Happy extracting!
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