I am trying to use the static binary of wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu server 10.0.4. The reason for is that it apparently has a built in modified QT that will allow me to run wkhtmltopdf without an X Server.
Result: Once installed (see steps below), when I execute wkhtmltopdf in the terminal, it does not fire up... just returns me to the prompt - like it ran and did something, no error but no output:
:/usr/bin$ wkhtmltopdf
:/usr/bin$
Same behavior if I put args:
:/usr/bin$ wkhtmltopdf http://www.google.com test.pdf
:/usr/bin$
Am I doing something wrong --- my understanding that the static binary should just fire up. Perhaps missing some dependency? Is there a way to get some verbose output?
These are the steps I have followed:
In /usr/bin:
1) Confirmed that the existing (non-static) wkhtmltopdf resides there and that it executes. When I execute it with no args I get the help/about output from the app.
2) Moved the existing wkhtmltopdf out of the directory (renamed it)
3) Get the static binary: sudo curl -C - -O http: //wkhtmltopdf.googlecode.com/files/wkhtmltopdf-0.9.9-static-i386.tar.bz2
4) Untar: tar xvjf wkhtmltopdf-0.9.9-static-i386.tar.bz2
5) Rename: mv wkhtmltopdf-i386 wkthtmltopdf
6) Get (apparently) necessary packages: sudo apt-get install openssl build-essential xorg libssl-dev
I was having the same problem. I removed the existing wkhtmltopdf and followed the steps below and the installation worked.
First, installing dependencies
sudo aptitude install openssl build-essential xorg libssl-dev
for 64-bit OS
wget http://wkhtmltopdf.googlecode.com/files/wkhtmltopdf-0.9.2-static-amd64.tar.bz2
tar xvjf wkhtmltopdf-0.9.2-static-amd64.tar.bz2
chown root:root wkhtmltopdf-amd64
mv wkhtmltopdf-amd64 /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf
The only difference is that I put it in /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf.
I hope this helps!
Following deb's answer got it working for me on Ubuntu 10.04 64bit - thanks!
Although rather than downloading 0.9.2 as per deb's instructions, I would suggest people download the latest version by:
- Go to http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/downloads/list
- Download the latest version of wkhtmltopdf-[version number]-static-amd64.tar.bz2
At this time, the latest 64bit is http://wkhtmltopdf.googlecode.com/files/wkhtmltopdf-0.11.0_rc1-static-amd64.tar.bz2.
In my debian server trying to run wkhtmltopdf-i386 lead to same blank prompt.
Non-static (with non-patched QT) version of wkhtmltopdf installed with "aptitude install wkhtmltopdf" is worked.
Problem solved by switching to wkhtmltopdf-amd64, server was a 64 bit and i missed it.
After that, wkhtmltopdf-amd64 says 'libxrender shared library not found', this problem was solved by "aptitude install xorg"
0.11.0_rc1 seems to be buggy.
It keeps throwing the error "Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used".
Reverting to 0.9.9 worked for me.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3713004/help-installing-static-binary-for-wkhtmltopdf