Extract all image-files from PDF-files by using the right mouse button

Extract images from PDF-files

The following work sequence shows you how to install a script that makes it possible to extract all image files from a PDF file by using the menue of the right mouse button. The images are saved in a new folder that has the name of the PDF file (e.g. "puclication.pdf") plus "_images". In this case the name of the new folder would be "publication.pdf_images".

Install the package "nautilus-script-manager" on your system
Open the folder /home/username/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
Create a file e.g. with the name "extract PDF images.sh"
Click with the right mouse button on the file and change the properties to "executable".
Open the file with a text editor (e.g. with gedit) and enter the following commands:

#!/bin/bash

# Extracts image files from PDF files
# For more information see www.boekhoff.info

mkdir ./"$1_images"
pdfimages -j "$1" ./"$1_images"/PDFimage

gdialog --title "Report" --msgbox "Images were successfully extracted!"

exit 0
After saving the script is active and can be used by clicking with the right mouse button on a particular PDF file: