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instructions below may be more convenient on Windows.

3. Finally, install ``paper2remarkable``:
```
```bash
$ pip install paper2remarkable
```
this installs the ``p2r`` command line program.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> On certain newer Debian and Ubuntu-based distributions, running
>
> ```bash
> $ pip install paper2remarkable
> ```
>
> will raise an ```error: externally-managed-environment```.
> Rather, run
>
> ```bash
> $ pipx install paper2remarkable
> ```
>
> to install the ``p2r`` command line program.

**Optionally**, you can install:

- [pdftoppm](https://linux.die.net/man/1/pdftoppm) (recommended for speed).
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