How To Install weasyprint on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install weasyprint on Ubuntu.

What is `weasyprint`

weasyprint is:

WeasyPrint is a smart solution helping web developers to create PDF documents. It turns simple HTML pages into gorgeous statistical reports, invoices, tickets, etc.

From a technical point of view, WeasyPrint is a visual rendering engine for HTML and CSS that can export to PDF and PNG. It aims to support web standards for printing. WeasyPrint is free software made available under a BSD license.

It is based on various libraries but not on a full rendering engine like WebKit or Gecko. The CSS layout engine is written in Python, designed for pagination, and meant to be easy to hack on.

There are three methods to install weasyprint on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install weasyprint Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install weasyprint using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install weasyprint

Install weasyprint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install weasyprint using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install weasyprint

Install weasyprint Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install weasyprint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install weasyprint

How To Uninstall weasyprint on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the weasyprint package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove weasyprint

Uninstall weasyprint And Its Dependencies

To uninstall weasyprint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove weasyprint

Remove weasyprint Configurations and Data

To remove weasyprint configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge weasyprint

Remove weasyprint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove weasyprint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weasyprint

Dependencies

weasyprint have the following dependencies:

References

weasyprint website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install weasyprint package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.