iTextSharp.LGPLv2.Core is an unofficial port of the last LGPL version of the iTextSharp (V4.1.6) to .NET Core.

To install iTextSharp.LGPLv2.Core, run the following command in the Package Manager Console:

PM> Install-Package iTextSharp.LGPLv2.Core

You can also view the package page on NuGet.

Functional Tests

The pdf is created, but when I try to view it, it says that the document is in use by another process.

You should dispose the FileStream/MemoryStream explicitly. It won't be closed and disposed automatically at the end.

I can't find what would be the equivalent of the PdfTextExtractor class.

PdfTextExtractor exists in v5.0.2+ with AGPL license (Current project is based on the iTextSharp 4.x, not 5.x).

It can't display Unicode characters.

You can find more samples about how to define and use Unicode fonts here.

Table rowspans don't work correctly.

This version which is based on iTextSharp V4.1.6 doesn't support rowspans correctly (iTextSharp supports row spans correctly since v5.4.3, not before that). A solution based on the current version: use nested tables to simulate it.

iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.HTMLWorker does not exist.

It has been renamed to HtmlWorker.

To run this project on non-Windows-based operating systems, you will need to install libgdiplus too:

• Ubuntu 16.04 and above:
  • apt-get install libgdiplus
  • cd /usr/lib
  • ln -s libgdiplus.so gdiplus.dll
• Fedora 23 and above:
  • dnf install libgdiplus
  • cd /usr/lib64/
  • ln -s libgdiplus.so.0 gdiplus.dll
• CentOS 7 and above:
  • yum install autoconf automake libtool
  • yum install freetype-devel fontconfig libXft-devel
  • yum install libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel giflib-devel libtiff-devel libexif-devel
  • yum install glib2-devel cairo-devel
  • git clone https://github.com/mono/libgdiplus
  • cd libgdiplus
  • ./autogen.sh
  • make
  • make install
  • cd /usr/lib64/
  • ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgdiplus.so libgdiplus.so
• Docker

  • RUN apt-get update \

    && apt-get install -y libgdiplus

• MacOS

  • brew install mono-libgdiplus

    After installing the Mono MDK, Copy Mono MDK Files:

    • /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/4.6.2/lib/libgdiplus.0.dylib
    • /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/4.6.2/lib/libgdiplus.0.dylib.dSYM
    • /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/4.6.2/lib/libgdiplus.dylib
    • /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/4.6.2/lib/libgdiplus.la

    And paste them to: /usr/local/lib

You have three license choices when it comes to iTextSharp: LGPL/MPL, AGPL, or a commercial license. The LGPL/MPL license is only an option with the older 4.1.6 version (used here). After that version, they switched to a dual AGPL/Commercial.

If you need a more recent version, you either have to make your project open-source or pay the license fee.