wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage are open source (LGPLv3) command line tools used to render HTML into PDF and various image formats using the Qt WebKit rendering engine. wkhtmltopdf is able to put several objects into the output file, an object is
either a single webpage, a cover webpage or a table of contents.
The objects are put into the output document in the order they are specified on the command line, options can be specified on a per object basis or in the global options area. In this blog post you’ll learn to install wkhtmltopdf & wkhtmltoimage on CentOS 8 | CentOS 7 Linux machine.
Install wkhtmltopdf & wkhtmltoimage on CentOS 8 | CentOS 7
The binary packages of wkhtmltopdf are provided for CentOS 8 and CentOS 7. These packages are available in the software downloads section.
Install wget which we’ll use to download wkhtmltopdf RPM package on CentOS 8 | CentOS 7:
sudo yum -y install wgetInstall wkhtmltopdf on CentOS 8:
Download the software package with wget or curl.
wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/0.12.6-1/wkhtmltox-0.12.6-1.centos8.x86_64.rpmInstall with rpm or yum package management tools.
sudo dnf localinstall wkhtmltox-0.12.6-1.centos8.x86_64.rpmA number of 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.rpmThen install wkhtmltopdf on CentOS 7 by executing the following commands:
sudo yum localinstall wkhtmltox-0.12.6-1.centos7.x86_64.rpmConfirm software versions installed.
$ 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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