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wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage are open source (LGPLv3) command-line tools for rendering HTML into PDF and various image formats using the Qt WebKit rendering engine. wkhtmltopdf can put multiple objects into the output file. An object can be a single web page, a cover page or a directory.
The objects are placed in the output document in the order specified in the command line, and options can be specified on a per-object basis or in the global options area. In this blog post, you will learn to install wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage on CentOS 8. CentOS 7 Linux machine.
Install wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage on CentOS 8 | CentOS 7
The binary package of wkhtmltopdf is provided for CentOS 8 and CentOS 7. These packages are available in the software. Download section.
Install wget, we will use it to download the wkhtmltopdf RPM package on CentOS 8. CentOS 7:
sudo yum -y install wget
Install wkhtmltopdf on CentOS 8:
Use wget or curl to download the package.
wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/0.12.6-1/wkhtmltox-0.12.6-1.centos8.x86_64.rpm
Use rpm or yum package management tool to install.
sudo dnf localinstall wkhtmltox-0.12.6-1.centos8.x86_64.rpm
Many dependencies are installed.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
wkhtmltox x86_64 1:0.12.6-1.centos8 @commandline 15 M
Installing dependencies:
dejavu-fonts-common noarch 2.35-6.el8 BaseOS 74 k
dejavu-sans-fonts noarch 2.35-6.el8 BaseOS 1.5 M
fontconfig x86_64 2.13.1-3.el8 BaseOS 275 k
fontpackages-filesystem noarch 1.44-22.el8 BaseOS 16 k
libX11 x86_64 1.6.8-3.el8 AppStream 611 k
libX11-common noarch 1.6.8-3.el8 AppStream 158 k
libXau x86_64 1.0.8-13.el8 AppStream 36 k
libXext x86_64 1.3.3-9.el8 AppStream 45 k
libXrender x86_64 0.9.10-7.el8 AppStream 33 k
libfontenc x86_64 1.1.3-8.el8 AppStream 37 k
libjpeg-turbo x86_64 1.5.3-10.el8 AppStream 156 k
libpkgconf x86_64 1.4.2-1.el8 BaseOS 35 k
libxcb x86_64 1.13.1-1.el8 AppStream 229 k
pkgconf x86_64 1.4.2-1.el8 BaseOS 38 k
pkgconf-m4 noarch 1.4.2-1.el8 BaseOS 17 k
pkgconf-pkg-config x86_64 1.4.2-1.el8 BaseOS 15 k
ttmkfdir x86_64 3.0.9-54.el8 AppStream 62 k
xorg-x11-font-utils x86_64 1:7.5-40.el8 AppStream 103 k
xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi noarch 7.5-19.el8 AppStream 2.8 M
xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 noarch 7.5-19.el8 AppStream 522 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 21 Packages
Total size: 22 M
Total download size: 6.6 M
Installed size: 139 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Install wkhtmltopdf on CentOS 7:
Download the RPM package of wkhtmltopdf:
wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/0.12.6-1/wkhtmltox-0.12.6-1.centos7.x86_64.rpm
Then install wkhtmltopdf on CentOS 7 by executing the following command:
sudo yum localinstall wkhtmltox-0.12.6-1.centos7.x86_64.rpm
Confirm the installed software version.
$ wkhtmltopdf --version
wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (with patched qt)
$ wkhtmltoimage --version
wkhtmltoimage 0.12.6 (with patched qt)
Convert web page to pdf:
$ wkhtmltopdf <webpage> <destination-pdf-file>
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