How to Install wkhtmltopdf & wkhtmltoimage on Ubuntu Linux

Install wkhtmltopdf & wkhtmltoimage

You can easily install wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage on Ubuntu using the apt command, but for the very latest version, it’s best to download the .deb file straight from the official website.

To get the latest, you’ll want to download the .deb file directly from the project’s website.

The current stable version, as of June 11, 2018, is 0.12.5.

Always check the downloads page for the newest release:

https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html

First, make sure you have the required packages installed. If not, run these commands:

sudo apt update 
sudo apt install wget xfonts-75dpi

Then run the commands below to download and install.

cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/0.12.5/wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.bionic_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.bionic_amd64.deb

If you encounter any issues during installation, try these commands:

sudo apt -f install

After installation, you can check if they’re working by running these commands:

wkhtmltopdf --version

That should output a similar line as shown below:

wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (with patched qt)

Run the following command below:

wkhtmltoimage --version

Will output a similar line as shown below

wkhtmltoimage 0.12.5 (with patched qt)

Use wkhtmltopdf & wkhtmltoimage

Once installed, you can use wkhtmltopdf to turn webpages into PDFs, and it can even include things like a cover page or table of contents.

The syntax below is how to use wkhtmltopdf.

wkhtmltopdf  source_file    destination_file.pdf

For example, to convert the example.com webpage into a PDF, run these commands:

wkhtmltopdf https://example.com    example.com.pdf

The web content will be generated into a PDF file.

For more details on using the command, check out this page:

https://wkhtmltopdf.org/usage/wkhtmltopdf.txt

That’s it!

Conclusion:

This guide showed you how to install wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage on Ubuntu 18.04 and 16.04. If you find any error, please report it in the comment form below.

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