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How to install PhantomJS on Debian/Ubuntu
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00.howto_install_phantomjs.md

How to install PhantomJS on Ubuntu

Version: 1.9.8

Platform: x86_64

First, install or update to the latest system software.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential chrpath libssl-dev libxft-dev

Install these packages needed by PhantomJS to work correctly.

sudo apt-get install libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev
sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev

Get it from the PhantomJS website.

cd ~
export PHANTOM_JS="phantomjs-1.9.8-linux-x86_64"
wget https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/$PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2
sudo tar xvjf $PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2

Once downloaded, move Phantomjs folder to /usr/local/share/ and create a symlink:

sudo mv $PHANTOM_JS /usr/local/share
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/share/$PHANTOM_JS/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin

Now, It should have PhantomJS properly on your system.

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install_phantomjs.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# This script install PhantomJS in your Debian/Ubuntu System
#
# This script must be run as root:
# sudo sh install_phantomjs.sh
#
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
PHANTOM_VERSION="phantomjs-1.9.8"
ARCH=$(uname -m)
if ! [ $ARCH = "x86_64" ]; then
$ARCH="i686"
fi
PHANTOM_JS="$PHANTOM_VERSION-linux-$ARCH"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential chrpath libssl-dev libxft-dev -y
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev -y
sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev -y
cd ~
wget https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/$PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2
sudo tar xvjf $PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2
sudo mv $PHANTOM_JS /usr/local/share
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/share/$PHANTOM_JS/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin
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ManuelTS commented Sep 28, 2017 •
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With the version of @janipaijanen you will have the tar.bz2 file lying around in your home folder. I used /tmp/ instead to delete it automatically when the computer shuts down.

Thanks a ton @janipaijanen!

Here the changed gist:
https://gist.github.com/ManuelTS/935155f423374e950566d05d1448038d

@jhonattasantos
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Thanks a lot!

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ghost commented Nov 27, 2017

Thank a lot!

I do some modification from your script for dockerizing purpose

https://gist.github.com/mappuj1/31e6dea39d48d56c74ead82177fd0523

@akilawickey
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Cool Thanks

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B3none commented Jun 7, 2018

You saved me!

@iamvinny
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Why the fixed version though? PhantomJS has been updated, the currently version is 2.1.1.

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julesmqz commented Sep 2, 2018

Thank you very much. working now

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code2exe commented Mar 9, 2019

Thanks

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Ronaldomata34 commented Jul 17, 2019 •
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There is a mistake :

sudo mv $PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2 /usr/local/share/
cd /usr/local/share/
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/share/$PHANTOM_JS/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/share/phantomjs
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/share/$PHANTOM_JS/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin/phantomjs
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/share/$PHANTOM_JS/bin/phantomjs /usr/bin/phantomjs

should be :

sudo mv $PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2 /usr/local/share/
cd /usr/local/share/
sudo tar xvjf phantomjs-1.9.2-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/share/$PHANTOM_JS/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/share/phantomjs
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/share/$PHANTOM_JS/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin/phantomjs
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/share/$PHANTOM_JS/bin/phantomjs /usr/bin/phantomjs

replace:

> sudo tar xvjf phantomjs-1.9.2-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
with:

> sudo tar xvjf $PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2

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it worked perfectly, thanks

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dhatGuy commented Oct 20, 2019 •
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Each time I try to run sudo tar xvjf $PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2, I get this error

`
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/colorwheel.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/scandir.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/page_events.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/loadspeed.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/injectme.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/render_multi_url.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/server.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/netlog.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/pagecallback.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/module.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/arguments.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/universe.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/openurlwithproxy.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/sleepsort.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/modernizr.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/unrandomize.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/hello.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/stdin-stdout-stderr.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/fibo.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/phantomwebintro.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/echoToFile.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/post.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/loadurlwithoutcss.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/child_process-examples.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/printenv.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/useragent.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/rasterize.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/outputEncoding.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/waitfor.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/serverkeepalive.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/postserver.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/printmargins.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/version.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/run-qunit.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/features.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/netsniff.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/walk_through_frames.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/printheaderfooter.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/responsive-screenshot.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/countdown.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/detectsniff.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/simpleserver.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/postjson.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/run-jasmine2.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/run-jasmine.js
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/README.md
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/LICENSE.BSD
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/bin/
phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/bin/phantomjs

bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly;
perhaps it is corrupted? Possible reason follows.
bzip2: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout)

It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.

You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover
data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.

tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now `

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DrakeSeven commented Feb 26, 2020 •
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On Debian 10.3.0 Buster I got Autoconfiguration failed:

139743462616704:error:25066067:DSO support routines:DLFCN_LOAD:could not load the shared library:dso_dlfcn.c:185:filename(libssl_conf.so): libssl_conf.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 139743462616704:error:25070067:DSO support routines:DSO_load:could not load the shared library:dso_lib.c:244: 139743462616704:error:0E07506E:configuration file routines:MODULE_LOAD_DSO:error loading dso:conf_mod.c:285:module=ssl_conf, path=ssl_conf 139743462616704:error:0E076071:configuration file routines:MODULE_RUN:unknown module name:conf_mod.c:222:module=ssl_confauto configuration

Solution:
open /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf and comment out the line under [default_conf] (it is at the end of the config file):
#ssl_conf = ssl_sect

I found this solution on this russian blog page. I guess if you are running OpenSSL version 1.1.1d you have to comment out this line to make it work.

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Cool!!! Thank you!!

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tmanok commented Apr 14, 2020

Thanks so much for your help!!

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xElkomy commented Apr 28, 2020

any help with that ERROR:-
qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, xcb.

PhantomJS has crashed. Please read the bug reporting guide at
http://phantomjs.org/bug-reporting.html and file a bug report.
Aborted (core dumped)

@kaka-ruto
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Thanks! Worked for me.

I just had to chmod +x install_phantomjs.sh for me to avoid using sudo in the server

@julioflima
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@DrakeSeven man you are awsome!!!!!!!!!!!

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Works correctly in Ubuntu 20.10.

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Worked on WSL 2 for Windows 10 Home, 21H1, 19043.1023, Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3740.0.

To install the most recent version of phantomjs and phantomjs-prebuilt (phantomjs@^2.1.7 and phantomjs-prebuilt@^2.1.16), I needed to use [email protected] for Linux 64-bits (https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2).

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defra91 commented Jul 27, 2021

Thank you very much!

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On Debian 10.3.0 Buster I got Autoconfiguration failed:

139743462616704:error:25066067:DSO support routines:DLFCN_LOAD:could not load the shared library:dso_dlfcn.c:185:filename(libssl_conf.so): libssl_conf.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 139743462616704:error:25070067:DSO support routines:DSO_load:could not load the shared library:dso_lib.c:244: 139743462616704:error:0E07506E:configuration file routines:MODULE_LOAD_DSO:error loading dso:conf_mod.c:285:module=ssl_conf, path=ssl_conf 139743462616704:error:0E076071:configuration file routines:MODULE_RUN:unknown module name:conf_mod.c:222:module=ssl_confauto configuration

Solution:
open /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf and comment out the line under [default_conf] (it is at the end of the config file):
#ssl_conf = ssl_sect

I found this solution on this russian blog page. I guess if you are running OpenSSL version 1.1.1d you have to comment out this line to make it work.

I've found another solution without changing the default ssl settings here

I've used it in a docker containers, so adding ENV OPENSSL_CONF=/etc/ssl/ solved this particular issue for me

@aleenprd
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Thank youuu!

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ghost commented Jun 14, 2022

useful guide,
although I did ended up migrating to https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer .

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Mgavahi commented Aug 17, 2022

Hi, I installed phantomjs in ubuntu 22.04 and when use it in Rstudio for my code get Auto configuration failed error. i readed all comment and use all of them for resolving this error but don't worked!!!

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here's a slightly better and fully automated version of that script in the original post and adds the automatic version downloading snippet from here

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# This script install PhantomJS in your Debian/Ubuntu System
#
# This script must be run as root:
# sudo sh install_phantomjs.sh
#

if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
	echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
	exit 1
fi

PHANTOM_JS_LATEST=$(curl -s https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/ | grep -i -e zip -e bz2 | grep -vi beta | grep -i linux-x86_64 | grep -v symbols | cut -d '>' -f 2 | cut -d '<' -f 1 | head -n 1)
PHANTOM_VERSION=${PHANTOM_JS_LATEST%-*-*.*.*}
ARCH=$(uname -m)

if ! [ $ARCH = "x86_64" ]; then
	$ARCH="i686"
fi

PHANTOM_JS="$PHANTOM_VERSION-linux-$ARCH"

apt-get update
apt-get -y install build-essential chrpath libssl-dev libxft-dev libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev

cd ~
wget https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/$PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2
tar xvjf $PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2

mv $PHANTOM_JS /usr/local/share
ln -sf /usr/local/share/$PHANTOM_JS/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin

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ecc256 commented Sep 1, 2022

@Neo-Desktop

if ! [ $ARCH = "x86_64" ]; then
	$ARCH="i686"
fi

Ouch...
How does it work for "arm64" architecture?

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ecc256 commented Sep 1, 2022

Anybody have luck with ubuntu 22.04/arm64?

@mauro-miatello
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Anybody have luck with ubuntu 22.04/arm64?

nope, I've same problem

@antonellosalis
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It is very strange for me.
I installed, the phantomjes --version shows 2.1.1 but it have no effect...still the message appears on my shiny app.

@tpongo-afk
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To solve the Auto configuration failed error see this issue
Type this in the terminal before executing phantomjs: export OPENSSL_CONF=/etc/ssl

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