Here is what I did:
I carefully followed the manual, qt configuration parameters were taken from ../wkhtmltopdf/static_qt_conf_base and ../wkhtmltopdf/static_qt_conf_linux , as the manual suggests.
Needless to say, I'm a little disappointed with the result. Can someone explain to me what I'm doing wrong?
PS
In fact, I need to convert much more complex HTML, but it makes no sense to talk about it when I cannot convert trivial.
EDIT
I want to emphasize that I do not work on Linux, I only open the terminal for the Amazon Linux server. So I do not have an X11 environment.
This is what I get when I try to use the wkhtmltopdf predefined package:
ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$ which wkhtmltopdf ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$ /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf -bash: /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf: No such file or directory ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$ sudo apt-get install wkhtmltopdf Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: wkhtmltopdf 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 120 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/104 kB of archives. After this operation, 303 kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package wkhtmltopdf. (Reading database ... 36679 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking wkhtmltopdf (from .../wkhtmltopdf_0.9.9-3_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up wkhtmltopdf (0.9.9-3) ... ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$ l test.* -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 123 Mar 30 12:46 test.html ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$ cat test.html <html> <head> <style type="text/css">p{font-family: sans-serif;};</style> </head> <body> <p>Let Test</p> </body> </html> ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$ /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf test.html test.pdf wkhtmltopdf: cannot connect to X server ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$
EDIT2
Here is the transcript:
ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$ sudo alien urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm --scripts warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY warning: urw-fonts-2.4-14.fc19.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fb4b18e6: NOKEY urw-fonts_2.4-15_all.deb generated ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$ sudo dpkg -i urw-fonts_2.4-15_all.deb Selecting previously unselected package urw-fonts. (Reading database ... 38529 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking urw-fonts (from urw-fonts_2.4-15_all.deb) ... Setting up urw-fonts (2.4-15) ... Processing triggers for fontconfig ... ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$ ./wkhtmltopdf/bin/wkhtmltopdf test.html test.pdf Loading pages (1/6) Counting pages (2/6) Resolving links (4/6) Loading headers and footers (5/6) Printing pages (6/6) Done ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$
EDIT3
I installed the xvfb-run package, and now through it you can run the default version (/ usr / bin / wkhtmltopdf). Indeed, it can convert a simple test.html file to pdf, however it cannot do this for a complex html page with Javascript code. It seems that / usr / bin / wkhtmltopdf cannot run any Javascript code on the convertible page.
I am still puzzled why the compiled version does not work.
EDIT4
I was unfair with the default wkhtmltopdf version. It is able to understand Javascript on the page, it successfully converts the following html:
<html> <head> <style type="text/css"> body { font-family: sans-serif; } </style> </head> <body id='body'> <script> document.getElementById('body').innerHTML = 'Hello world!'; </script> </body> </html>
I will try to understand why this happens with a real page, but I don’t know how I can eliminate it, except to try to get a minimal error page by throwing away the fragments of the original.
EDIT5
OK, here is a minimal example that does not work with the standard version of wkhtmltopdf:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> html, body { height: 100%; overflow: hidden; } </style> </head> <body> Hello World! </body> </html>
Created pdf file is empty. Here is the transcript:
ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$ cat test2.html <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> html, body { height: 100%; overflow: hidden; } </style> </head> <body> Hello World! </body> </html> ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$ xvfb-run /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf test2.html test2.pdf ; l test2.pdf Loading page (1/2) Printing pages (2/2) Done -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 1266 Mar 31 11:16 test2.pdf ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$ cat test2.html |sed 6d | xvfb-run /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf - test2.pdf ; l test2.pdf Loading page (1/2) Printing pages (2/2) Done -rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 4284 Mar 31 11:16 test2.pdf ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~$
Note that deleting the 6th line (height: 100%;) resizes the created PDF file.
EDIT6
The user version is linked statically, while by default it depends on several common WebKit libraries:
Custom version:
ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~/wkhtmltopdf/bin$ l wkhtmltopdf -rwxr-xr-x 1 ubuntu ubuntu 35020224 Mar 31 22:26 wkhtmltopdf ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~/wkhtmltopdf/bin$ ldd !$ ldd wkhtmltopdf linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff195ff000) libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007fefc06db000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fefc03a7000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fefc01a2000) librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fefbff9a000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fefbfd7d000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fefbfa7c000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fefbf780000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fefbf56a000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fefbf1aa000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fefc08ef000) libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fefbef8c000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fefbed88000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007fefbeb82000) ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :~/wkhtmltopdf/bin$
Now the default version:
ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :/usr/bin$ l wkhtmltopdf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 233512 May 7 2011 wkhtmltopdf ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :/usr/bin$ ldd wkhtmltopdf linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff031ff000) libQtWebKit.so.4 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtWebKit.so.4 (0x00007f28a33bc000) libQtGui.so.4 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtGui.so.4 (0x00007f28a26ee000) libQtNetwork.so.4 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtNetwork.so.4 (0x00007f28a23a1000) libQtCore.so.4 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4 (0x00007f28a1ecf000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f28a1bcf000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f28a19b8000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f28a15f9000) libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsqlite3.so.0 (0x00007f28a1356000) libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007f28a114b000) libgstapp-0.10.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstapp-0.10.so.0 (0x00007f28a0f3f000) libgstinterfaces-0.10.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstinterfaces-0.10.so.0 (0x00007f28a0d2d000) libgstpbutils-0.10.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstpbutils-0.10.so.0 (0x00007f28a0b09000) libgstvideo-0.10.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstvideo-0.10.so.0 (0x00007f28a08ed000) libgstbase-0.10.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstbase-0.10.so.0 (0x00007f28a069a000) libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 (0x00007f28a03b2000) libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f28a0163000) libglib-2.0.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f289fe6e000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f289fc50000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f289f91c000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f289f620000) libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007f289f3e9000) libaudio.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaudio.so.2 (0x00007f289f1d1000) libpng12.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0 (0x00007f289efa9000) libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f289ed91000) libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007f289eaf5000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so.6 (0x00007f289e8ed000) libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libICE.so.6 (0x00007f289e6d2000) libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXi.so.6 (0x00007f289e4c3000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0x00007f289e2b2000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f289e0ad000) librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f289dea5000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f28a517e000) liborc-0.4.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liborc-0.4.so.0 (0x00007f289dc29000) libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f289da25000) libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxml2.so.2 (0x00007f289d6ca000) libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 (0x00007f289d4c1000) libpcre.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 (0x00007f289d284000) libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f289d065000) libexpat.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007f289ce3b000) libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6 (0x00007f289cbd5000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f289c9d1000) libuuid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007f289c7cc000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f289c5c5000) ubuntu@ip-10-245-78-162 :/usr/bin$
EDIT7
Guys, I don’t understand how wkhtmltopdf works for you. I started from scratch, completely:
- New Ubuntu Amazon Microprocessor Created (Free Tier)
- Sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get upgrade
- sudo apt-get install libx11-dev
- sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev
- wget https://wkhtmltopdf.googlecode.com/files/wkhtmltopdf-0.11.0_rc1-static-amd64.tar.bz2
- tar xjf wkhtmltopdf-0.11.0_rc1-static-amd64.tar.bz2
- Test2.html created with content from EDIT5 (see transcript of EDIT5 )
- Ran wkhtmltopdf-amd64 at test2.html. Received pdf file is empty!
- Remove line 6 or 7 from test2.html (width or overflow of CSS property) and suddenly it will work!
Can someone repeat my steps and confirm this?
EDIT8
CentOS 6.4 is installed in VMWare VM on my laptop. The same results. whtmltopdf does not work on the above trivial html file.