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Install wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit

Install wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu

This was tested on:

  • Ubuntu 14.04 x64
  • Ubuntu 16.04 x64

Step 1

Install the xvfb server by running

sudo apt-get install xvfb

Step 2

Get the latest stable version wkhtmltopdf from http://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html page.

wget http://download.gna.org/wkhtmltopdf/0.12/0.12.2.1/wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-trusty-amd64.deb

Step 3

Install wkhtmltopdf:

sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-trusty-amd64.deb

If you see dependencies errors while installing, you'll need to run the following

sudo apt-get -f install

Now that the dependencies are installed just run the install command, again.

Step 4

Create a symbolic link in /usr/local/bin/:

echo 'exec xvfb-run -a -s "-screen 0 640x480x16" wkhtmltopdf "$@"' | sudo tee /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf.sh >/dev/null && sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf.sh

Step 5

Test that everything is working as expected

wkhtmltopdf http://www.google.com google.pdf

If you see Done then everything is installed correctly and you're ready to generate some PDF's :D

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will it support to ubuntu os 14.04 version now?

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