Add pdftotext check to configure-test script

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tests/configure-test-env.ps1

@@ -66,11 +66,24 @@ quarto install tinytex
 
 # Get npm in place
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor green ">>>> Configuring npm for MECA testing environment"
-try {$null = gcm npm -ea stop; $npm=$true } catch {
+try {$null = gcm npm -ea stop; $npm_exists=$true } catch {
   Write-Host -ForegroundColor red "No npm found - will skip any tests that require npm (e.g. JATS / MECA validation)"
 }
 If ($npm_exists) {
   # TODO: Check to do equivalent of virtualenv
   Write-Host "Setting up npm testing environment"
   npm install -g meca
+}
+
+# Other tests dependencies
+Write-Host -ForegroundColor green ">>>> Checking pdftotext from poppler"
+try {$null = gcm pdftotext -ea stop; $pdftotext=$true } catch {
+  Write-Host -ForegroundColor red "No pdftotext found - Some tests requires `pdftotext` from poppler to be on PATH"
+  try {$null = gcm scoop -ea stop; $scoop=$true } catch {
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor red "No scoop found - Scoop is a package manager for Windows - see https://scoop.sh/ and it can install poppler"
+  }
+  If($scoop) {
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor green "Scoop is found so trying to install poppler for pdftotext" 
+    scoop install poppler
+  }
 }

tests/configure-test-env.sh

@@ -77,4 +77,12 @@ then
 else
   echo "Setting up npm testing environment"
   npm install -g meca
+fi
+
+# Get npm in place
+echo ">>>> Do you have pdftotext installed (from poppler) ?"
+pdftotext_exists=$(command -v pdftotext)
+if [ -z $pdftotext_exists ]
+then
+  echo "No pdftotext found - Some tests will require it, so you may want to install it."
 fi