Unhandled errors provide no hint as to the actual problem on command line

[hubrix]

pdf-text-extract XXXXXX.pdf
events.js:160
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^

Error: spawn pdftotext ENOENT
at exports._errnoException (util.js:1026:11)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:193:32)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:359:16)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:74:11)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)
at Module.runMain (module.js:609:11)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:382:7)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:137:9)
at bootstrap_node.js:497:3

[simon-iribarren]

Same error here!

[qualisign]

Same here

[ysmarc]

any solution for this?

[ulvido]

same error. why? idk

[nzhtrtlc]

same error

[chriscoderdr]

Same here

[nimisis]

As mentioned in https://www.npmjs.com/package/pdf-text-extract#installation you have to install the pdftotext binary as well to get this to work.