How to install wkhtmltopdf with patched qt?

Question

I want to convert html to pdf, and I use wkhtmltopdf.

But print size is smaller than I supposed. I want to try --disable-smart-shrinking option but error occured like

$ xvfb-run -- /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf --disable-smart-shrinking $INPUT $OUTPUT
The switch --disable-smart-shrinking, is not support using unpatched qt, and will be ignored.Loading page (1/2)
Printing pages (2/2)
Done

Maybe I have to install wkhtmltopdf with patched qt, but I don't know how to install.

I saw following size, but gitorious.org doesn't work.

wkhtmltopdf patched qt?

My OS is Ubuntu14.04, and wkhtmltopdf version is 0.12.2.1

If you know other reason to be printed smaller, tell me please. thanks.

`--disable-smart-shrinking` option problem is resolve by install from http://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html. But size problem is still occured. — hidechae, Dec 27 '15 at 09:28
I think you need a new question for the size problem. the size problem depends on HTML or wkhtmltopdf or other. so add more information to the new question. — shingo.nakanishi, Dec 30 '15 at 01:55
ok, I will make new question for the size problem. Install problem is resolbed, thanks. — hidechae, Dec 31 '15 at 04:52

score 80 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 27 '18 at 14:57

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This straightforward solution (no need to install xvfb, neither compiling QT neither wkhtmltopdf) works like a charm on my Debian Jessie server :

cd mytmpfolder
wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/0.12.4/wkhtmltox-0.12.4_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz
sudo tar xvf wkhtmltox-0.12.4_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz
sudo mv wkhtmltox/bin/wkhtmlto* /usr/bin/
#create simple html test file
echo "<html><body>test</body></html>" >> test.html
#perform conversion
sudo wkhtmltopdf  --disable-smart-shrinking  --lowquality --enable-external-links --enable-internal-links test.html test.pdf

edited Apr 27 '18 at 14:57

maciek

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answered Jul 12 '16 at 18:11

Tsounabe

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Verified solution for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. – Vlax Oct 27 '16 at 08:45
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also with 0.12.4 on debian – halfbit Jan 19 '17 at 02:48
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Worked for me on UBUNTU 16 – Raj Apr 26 '17 at 12:00
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Updated Solution https://gist.github.com/Rajeshr34/2e9b2438ff142e51c729b4b9b772680a – Raj May 04 '17 at 13:17
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Works like a charm on Debian Jessie with wkhtmltopdf version 0.12.4. Thank you! – Pandora Sep 03 '17 at 17:15
last command `sudo wkhtmltopdf --disable-smart-shrinking --lowquality --enable-external-links --enable-internal-links test.html test.pdf` gave error `wkhtmltopdf: error while loading shared libraries: libXrender.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory` – sarfarazsajjad Nov 09 '17 at 18:57
I installed libxrender1 with `sudo apt-get install libxrender1` now it give me error `Error: Failed loading page http://test.html (sometimes it will work just to ignore this error with --load-error-handling ignore) Exit with code 1 due to network error: HostNotFoundError` – sarfarazsajjad Nov 09 '17 at 19:04
@Saifee page you mention http://test.html no longer exists however now even https pages work fine – Scott Stensland Apr 11 '18 at 20:31
@Saifee Indeed you need a file to test its pdf conversion. I updated my answer. – Tsounabe Apr 12 '18 at 12:04
Still usefull (on CentOs 7) ! Thanks a lot ! – Thierry Daguin Jan 23 '20 at 13:01

Joshua Pinter · Answer 2 · 2018-02-21T03:29:05.970

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Steps to Install Version 0.12.3 on Ubuntu 16.04.

Because I wasted way too much time tracking this down, here it is for others stumbling on this:

cd ~
wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/0.12.3/wkhtmltox-0.12.3_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz
tar vxf wkhtmltox-0.12.3_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz 
cp wkhtmltox/bin/wk* /usr/local/bin/

And you can confirm with:

$ wkhtmltopdf --version
wkhtmltopdf 0.12.3 (with patched qt)

Btw, I chose 0.12.3 instead of 0.12.4 because of a strange page sizing issue, discussed here.

edited Feb 21 '18 at 03:29

answered Nov 14 '17 at 22:35

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Worked for me in a dockerfile on ubuntu 16.04. Thanks – user2588667 Apr 20 '19 at 07:16
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Worked for me Debian 9.0 – kuvukala Apr 07 '21 at 14:25

shingo.nakanishi · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-30T03:39:31.797

You can install wkhtmltopdf with --disable-smart-shrinking option from wkhtmltopdf.

Download and Install it.

http://wkhtmltopdf.org/usage/wkhtmltopdf.txt

The Document say

wkhtmltopdf 0.12.2.1 (with patched qt)

and

--disable-smart-shrinking Disable the intelligent shrinking strategy used by WebKit that makes the pixel/dpi ratio none constant

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 22 '20 at 13:31

Here are the simple steps to install the wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (with patched qt) using a shell script for Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04, 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04.

Step 1. create a shell file

cd /tmp && nano install_wkhtmltopdf.sh

Step 2. paste the below code

WKHTMLTOX_X64=https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/0.12.5/wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.trusty_amd64.deb
WKHTMLTOX_X32=https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/0.12.5/wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.trusty_i386.deb

sudo apt-get install wget git python-pip gdebi -y

if [ "`getconf LONG_BIT`" == "64" ];then
  _url=$WKHTMLTOX_X64
else
  _url=$WKHTMLTOX_X32
fi
sudo wget $_url
sudo gdebi --n `basename $_url`
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf /usr/bin
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltoimage /usr/bin

Step 3. make the file executable

sudo chmod +x install_wkhtmltopdf.sh

Step 4. execute the shell script

./install_wkhtmltopdf.sh

if you get "E: Package 'libpng12-0' has no installation candidate" be sure you install the proper package compatible to your distro. See here https://askubuntu.com/a/1371063/276370 — Jorj, Aug 27 '22 at 18:57

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Steps to Install Version 0.12.3 on Ubuntu 16.04.

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