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Created April 20, 2015 15:00
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WkHtmlToPdf 64-bit binary wrapper for VMs without X install
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#!/bin/bash
# Script requires xvfb-run command (provided by xorg-x11-server-Xvfb package)
# Require exactly two arguments (input and output file)
if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
echo "Syntax: $0 <input file> <output file>"
exit 1
fi
xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0, 1280x1024x24" /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf-amd64 --use-xserver $1 $2
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oldskool commented Apr 20, 2015

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Move the original binary to /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf-amd64 and save this script as /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf. Then just the plain wkhtmltopdf command will also work on servers/VMs without X install present.

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