First obtain .deb file from http://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html. Be sure that you select proper version for your operation system.
Following steps are for Ubuntu 12.04. :
- Execute:
wget http://download.gna.org/wkhtmltopdf/0.12/0.12.2.1/wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-precise-amd64.deb
You should have wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-precise-amd64.deb downloaded in your directory
- Execute:
ar vx wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-precise-amd64.deb
You should now have these folders:
debian-binary
control.tar.gz
data.tar.xz - Execute:
tar -xvf data.tar.xz
You should now have folder “usr” in your directory
- Go to “usr/local/bin” and execute
./wkhtmltopdf http://google.ba google.pdf
Response:
Loading pages (1/6)
Counting pages (2/6)
Resolving links (4/6)
Loading headers and footers (5/6)
Printing pages (6/6)
Done
P.S. these actions might change your permissions in root folder, so execute following code:
To find your group name run `id` in the console.
[aaa]$ id uid=15146046(mmehic) gid=1537964(pg8402156) groups=1537964(pg8402156)
then simply execute:
chmod 750 /home/mmehic
Your wkhtmltopdf is installed, now just point your configuration to this binary file and enjoy 🙂