How To Install wkhtmltopdf 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 wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu.

What is `wkhtmltopdf`

wkhtmltopdf is:

wkhtmltopdf is a command line program which permits one to create a pdf or an image from an url, a local html file or stdin. It produces a pdf or an image like rendered with the WebKit engine.

This program requires an X11 server to run.

It is not built against a forked version of Qt hence some options are not supported.

There are three methods to install wkhtmltopdf 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 wkhtmltopdf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wkhtmltopdf

Install wkhtmltopdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wkhtmltopdf

Install wkhtmltopdf 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 wkhtmltopdf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wkhtmltopdf

How To Uninstall wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove wkhtmltopdf

Uninstall wkhtmltopdf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wkhtmltopdf

Remove wkhtmltopdf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wkhtmltopdf

Remove wkhtmltopdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wkhtmltopdf

Dependencies

wkhtmltopdf have the following dependencies:

References

wkhtmltopdf website

Summary

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