diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-basex.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-basex.yaml
index 9617331..100a375 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci-basex.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci-basex.yaml
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build package
       run: |
         basex scripts/install.bxs
-        cp dist/pdfbox-3.0.4.fat.jar /usr/local/basex/lib/custom/
-        echo "PWS" $PWD
-        ls -l /usr/local/basex/lib/custom
+      
     - name: run tests
       run: |
         basex -Wt src/test
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/trigger/release b/.gitea/workflows/trigger/release
index d573dfe..7077172 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/trigger/release
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/trigger/release
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 30/1/2025.................
-..lgnfjfggfgxhcsxwnndc
\ No newline at end of file
+..lgnfjfggfgxhcsxwnndcc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/build.xqm b/scripts/build.xqm
index 520cc2e..a67db18 100644
--- a/scripts/build.xqm
+++ b/scripts/build.xqm
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ return
 @remark 
 :)
 declare function build:fatjar-with-lib($input-dir as xs:string,$manifest-jar as xs:string)
- { 
+ as xs:base64Binary{ 
  let $bin :=file:read-binary($input-dir || $manifest-jar)
   
  let $lib:=file:list($input-dir || "lib/", false(), "*.jar")!concat("lib/",.)
@@ -55,6 +55,32 @@ as xs:base64Binary{
 archive:update($jar,$name,$file)
 }; 
 
+declare function build:xar-create($base as xs:string)
+as xs:base64Binary{
+  let $entries:=
+            build:xar-add(map{},file:resolve-path("jars/",$base),"content/")
+            =>build:xar-add(file:resolve-path("src/Pdfbox3.xqm",$base),"content/")
+            =>build:xar-add(file:resolve-path("src/metadata/",$base),"")
+  return  archive:create($entries?name, $entries?content,
+                   map { "format" : "zip", "algorithm" : "deflate" })         
+};
+
+(:~ zip data for $dir
+:)
+declare function build:xar-add($map as map(*),$src as xs:string,$xar-dir as xs:string)
+as map(*){
+let $_:=trace(count($map?name),"size ")
+let $names:=if(file:is-dir($src))
+            then file:children($src)
+            else $src
+return map:merge((
+  $map,
+  map{"name":$names!concat($xar-dir,file:name(.)),
+           "content":$names!file:read-binary( .)}
+         ),
+         map{"duplicates":"combine"}
+       )
+}; 
 
 (:~ download $files from $urls to  $destdir:)
 declare variable $build:REPO as xs:string external :="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/";
@@ -68,7 +94,7 @@ as empty-sequence(){
            =>trace("Download: ")))
 };
 
-(:~ write-binary but create dir if required :)
+(:~ write-binary, creating dir if required :)
 declare function build:write-binary($dest as xs:string,$contents)
 as empty-sequence(){
 file:create-dir(file:parent($dest)),
diff --git a/scripts/install.bxs b/scripts/install.bxs
index 015241c..16551bc 100644
--- a/scripts/install.bxs
+++ b/scripts/install.bxs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # run query
 XQUERY "make fat jar.."
-RUN make-fat-jar.xq
+RUN make-xar.xq
 XQUERY "Repo install.."
-REPO INSTALL dist/pdfbox-3.0.4.fat.jar
+REPO INSTALL dist/pdfbox.xar
 REPO LIST
-XQUERY "add-to-custom.."
-RUN add-to-custom.xq
-#TEST src/test
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/make-xar.xq b/scripts/make-xar.xq
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57c1908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/make-xar.xq
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+import module namespace build = 'urn:quodatum:build1' at 'build.xqm';
+
+declare variable $base:= file:resolve-path("../",static-base-uri())=>trace("base ");
+let $xar:=build:xar-create($base)
+let $output-file := file:resolve-path("dist/pdfbox.xar",$base)
+return (build:write-binary($output-file, $xar),
+        trace($output-file,"zar: "))
diff --git a/src/metadata/basex.xml b/src/metadata/basex.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4f884f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/metadata/basex.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<package xmlns="http://www.basex.org/modules/pkg">
+    <jar>pdfbox-3.0.4.jar</jar>
+    <jar>pdfbox-io-3.0.4.jar</jar>
+    <jar>fontbox-3.0.4.jar</jar>
+    <jar>commons-logging-1.3.4.jar</jar>
+    <class>org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument</class>
+</package>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/metadata/expath-pkg.xml b/src/metadata/expath-pkg.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b18387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/metadata/expath-pkg.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<package xmlns="http://expath.org/ns/pkg"
+         name="org.expkg_zone58.Pdfbox3"
+         abbrev="pdfbox"
+         version="0.1.0"
+         spec="1.0">
+
+   <title>BaseX  interface to Pdfbox (https://pdfbox.apache.org/) version 3</title>
+   <dependency processor="basex" name="value"/>
+   <xquery> 
+     <namespace>org.expkg_zone58.Pdfbox3</namespace>
+     <file>Pdfbox3.xqm</file>
+   </xquery>
+</package>