Wkhtmltopdf is a command line tool used to convert HTML to PDF format. In this article, I will cover how to download the latest .deb package, install prerequisites, and install wkhtmltopdf.
This was written to pair with our Odoo 16- Install on Debian 10/Debian 11 guide. I am not covering usage of wkhtmltopdf within this article. If you’d like more information on wkhtmltopdf, please leave a comment and I’d be happy to provide more information/usage instructions.
1: Install prerequisites:
Install wget (if not already installed):
# sudo apt update
# sudo apt install wget2: Install wkhtmltopdf on Debian 11
The links below contain the latest releases as of 10/25/2022. Please double check GitHub for the latest available release: https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/latest
# wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/0.12.6.1-2/wkhtmltox_0.12.6.1-2.bullseye_amd64.deb
# sudo apt install ./wkhtmltox*bullseye_amd64.debCheck that the version installed is what you were expecting:
# wkhtmltopdf --version
wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6.1 (with patched qt)
3: Success!!!
This was a quick and easy guide. At some point, I’ll script out an auto-installer that will grab the latest current release from GitHub, but today is not that day. Please leave a comment if you think I’ve missed anything.
4 Comments
Just to let you know that this was really useful 🙂
Thank you! I’m glad it was useful. If there’s ever anything you would like to see added to the site, feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn. If I get enough requests, I’ll likely build in a portal for people to request content, but for now, the volume is pretty low and I can manage through there.
Best of luck to you!
Thanks for the tutorial.
Just one question:
After installing and trying to see the wkhtmltopdf version installed, it tries to look for the binary at /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf but it was installed at /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf
How could I correct the binary location?
Hi Valentierra,
Sorry for the delay. I didn’t see the email notifying me of your message. Could you please elaborate? What command are you running and what is the output? The installation of WKHTMLtoPDF is tuned for use by Odoo and tested working. You should not need to change any settings, but maybe something broke on your install?