Linux Mint users can install PDF Arranger in a couple of clicks from the Software Manager, or with one apt command in the terminal. Both routes install the same repository package. This guide covers both, explains the version caveat that comes with repository packages, and shows the Flatpak route — which Mint supports out of the box — for getting the current 1.14.0 release.
Option 1: Software Manager (graphical)
- Open Software Manager from the Mint menu.
- Search for PDF Arranger.
- Open its page and click Install, then enter your password when prompted.
- When the install finishes, launch it from that same page or find PDF Arranger in your menu under the Office/graphics categories.
The Software Manager route is the friendliest if you avoid the terminal, and it handles all the dependencies — Python 3, GTK 3, Poppler and pikepdf — for you.
Option 2: Terminal (apt)
Mint is built on Ubuntu and Debian packaging, so the terminal route is the familiar apt command. Open a terminal and run:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install pdfarrangerThe version caveat
Whichever of the two routes you used, you installed the version packaged for your Mint release — and repository versions may lag behind the upstream 1.14.0 release. Day-to-day page work is unaffected: merging, splitting, reordering, rotating and cropping have been in the program for years. What an older package may lack are the 1.14.0 refinements, such as single-page zoom fit, the A0, A1 and A2 paper sizes, rebuilt outlines on export, and swapping odd and even pages. To check your installed version, look at the package page in Software Manager or run apt show pdfarranger.
Option 3: Flatpak for the current 1.14.0
Mint comes with Flatpak support built in, and the Flathub build of PDF Arranger is verified and already in sync with 1.14.0. You can install it from Software Manager if Flathub is enabled as a source there, or from the terminal with the standard Flatpak commands. Our dedicated guide has the complete walkthrough, including updates:
Install PDF Arranger with Flatpak
Launch and verify
Start PDF Arranger from the menu, open any PDF, and try the core workflow: drag a page thumbnail to a new position, then use File > Save As to export a copy. If the copy opens with the new page order, your install is complete and working.
A slightly bigger first test is worth the two minutes it takes, because it exercises every library the program depends on. Open two PDFs at once by selecting both in the open dialog — PDF Arranger shows their pages in one window — move a page from the second document into the first, rotate one page, and export. Rendering, cross-document page moves and saving are the three things most likely to reveal a broken dependency, and on a normal Mint install all three simply work.
Common tips
- Updates: the repository build updates through Mint’s Update Manager along with your other software.
- Removing: uninstall from Software Manager, or run
sudo apt remove pdfarranger. Your PDF files stay exactly where they are. - Two builds installed? A repository build and a Flatpak can coexist; their menu entries look similar, so check which one you launched if a feature seems missing.