Check out this post to Install wkhtmltopdf on cPanel or CentOS machine. wkhtmltopdf is a tool used to render HTML into PDF. Please check the steps to install wkhtmltopdf below:
Step 1:
Install dependencies:
yum install xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi yum install xorg-x11-fonts-Type1
Step 2:
There are two methods to install wkhtmltopdf on CentOS or cPanel. Install it using any of your desired methods.
Method 1: Using Source file
Download the tarball from here, depends on the architecture and OS type. I am downloading the tarball for 64 bit Linux systems.
cd /usr/local/src/ wget http://download.gna.org/wkhtmltopdf/0.12/0.12.3/wkhtmltox-0.12.3_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz tar xvfJ wkhtmltox-0.12.3_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz cp -r wkhtmltox/bin/wkhtmltopdf /usr/bin/ cp -r wkhtmltox/bin/wkhtmltoimage /usr/bin/
Then run:
wkhtmltopdf -V
Method 2: Using RPM
The rpm file is not available on the latest version of wkhtmltopdf. I am explaining the installation of wkhtmltopdf for 64 bit CentOS 7. Click on the green button to download the rpm depends on the architecture and CentOS version: Download
wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/0.12.2.1/wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-centos7-amd64.rpm rpm -Uvh wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-centos7-amd64.rpm
Create symlinks if the wkhtmltopdf binaries are not in /usr/bin directory.
ln -s /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf ln -s /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltoimage /usr/bin/wkhtmltoimage
Check the version using the following command:
wkhtmltopdf -V
Step 3:
Verify the installation:
wkhtmltopdf http://grepitout.com/install-wkhtmltopdf-cpanel-centos/ grepitout.pdf
The PDF file will be created. That’s it!
