How to install wkhtmltopdf on a linux based shared hosting web server

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I have tried in all ways to get wkhtmltopdf installed on our web server but unfortunately it is not getting installed  I cannot access user bin folder as stated in a tutorial on installation   On the server in public html folder there is a sub folder  vti bin  I copied the file wkhtmltopdf-i386 from wkhtmltopdf-0 9 1-static-i386  but I am not able to execute it   How to install wkhtmltopdf on  shared hosting  web server and get it working

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After trying  below command work for me cd   yum install -y xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 openssl git-core fontconfig wget https   downloads wkhtmltopdf org 0 12 0 12 4 wkhtmltox-0 12 4 linux-generic-amd64 tar xz tar xvf wkhtmltox-0 12 4 linux-generic-amd64 tar xz mv wkhtmltox bin wkhtmlto   usr bin

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I ve managed to successfully install wkhtmltopdf-amd64 on my shared hosting account without root access   Here s what i did   Downloaded the relevant static binary v0 10 0 from here  http   code google com p wkhtmltopdf downloads list  EDIT  The above has moved to here  via ssh on my shared host typed the following     wget  relavant url to binary from link above    tar -xvf  filename of above wget d file    you ll then have the binary on your host and will be able to run it regardless of if its in the  usr bin  folder or not   or at least i was able to   To test       wkhtmltopdf-amd64 http   www example com example pdf    Note remember that if you re in the folder in which the executable is  you should probably preface it with    just to be sure    Worked for me anyway

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If its ubuntu then go ahead with this  already tested  --  first  installing dependencies  sudo aptitude install openssl build-essential xorg libssl-dev   for 64bits OS  wget http   wkhtmltopdf googlecode com files wkhtmltopdf-0 9 9-static-amd64 tar bz2  tar xvjf wkhtmltopdf-0 9 9-static-amd64 tar bz2 mv wkhtmltopdf-amd64  usr local bin wkhtmltopdf chmod  x  usr local bin wkhtmltopdf   for 32bits OS  wget http   wkhtmltopdf googlecode com files wkhtmltopdf-0 9 9-static-i386 tar bz2  tar xvjf wkhtmltopdf-0 9 9-static-i386 tar bz2  mv wkhtmltopdf-i386  usr local bin wkhtmltopdf chmod  x  usr local bin wkhtmltopdf

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Chances are that without full access to this server  due to being a hosted account  you are going to have problems   I would go so far as to say that I think it is a fruitless endeavor--they have to lock servers down in hosted environments for good reason   Call your hosting company and make the request to them to install it  but don t expect a good response--they typically won t install very custom items for single users unless there is a really good reason  bug fixes for example    Lastly  depending on how familiar you are with server administration and what you are paying for server hosting now consider something like http   www slicehost com    20 a month will get you a low grade web server  256 ram  and you can install anything you want   However  if you are running multiple sites or have heavy load the cost will go up as you need larger servers   GL

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Shared hosting no ssh or shell access   Here is how i did it    Visit https   wkhtmltopdf org downloads html and download the appropriate stable release for Linux  For my case I chose 32-bit which is wkhtmltox-0 12 4 linux-generic-i386 tar xz Unzip to a folder on your local drive  Upload the folder to public html  or whichever location fits your need  using an FTP program just like any other file s  Change the binary paths in snappy php file to point the appropriate files in the folder you just uploaded  Bingo  there you have it  You should be able to generate PDF files

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A few things have changed since the top answers were added  They used to work out for me  but not quite anymore  so I have been hacking around for a bit and came up with the following solution for Ubuntu 16 04  For Ubuntu 14 04  see the comment at the bottom of the answer  Apologies if this doesn t work for shared hosting  but it seems like this is the goto answer for wkhtmltopdf installation instructions in general     Install dependencies apt-get install libfontconfig       zlib1g       libfreetype6       libxrender1       libxext6       libx11-6    TEMPORARY FIX  SEE  https   github com wkhtmltopdf wkhtmltopdf issues 3001 apt-get install libssl1 0 0 1 0 2g-1ubuntu4 8 apt-get install libssl-dev 1 0 2g-1ubuntu4 8    Download  extract and move binary in place curl -L -o wkhtmltopdf tar xz https   github com wkhtmltopdf wkhtmltopdf releases download 0 12 4 wkhtmltox-0 12 4 linux-generic-amd64 tar xz tar -xf wkhtmltopdf tar xz mv wkhtmltox bin wkhtmltopdf  usr local bin wkhtmltopdf chmod  x  usr local bin wkhtmltopdf   Test it out   wkhtmltopdf http   www google com google pdf   You should now have a file named google pdf in the current working directory   This approach downloads the binary from the website  meaning that you can use the latest version instead of relying on package managers to be updated   Note that as of today  my solution includes a temporary fix to this bug  I realize that the solution is really not great  but hopefully it can be removed soon  Be sure to check the status of the linked GitHub issue to see if the fix is still necessary when you read this answer   For Ubuntu 14 04  you will need to downgrade to a different version of libssl  You can find the versions here  Anyways  be sure to consider the implications of downgrading libssl before doing so on any production server   I hope this helps someone

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List of stable versions wkhtmltopdf  http   wkhtmltopdf org downloads html  Installing wkhtmltopdf on Debian 8 2  jessie  x64   sudo apt-get install xfonts-75dpi sudo apt-get install xfonts-base sudo wget http   download gna org wkhtmltopdf 0 12 0 12 2 1 wkhtmltox-0 12 2 1 linux-jessie-amd64 deb sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox-0 12 2 1 linux-jessie-amd64 deb

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Place the wkhtmltopdf executable on the server and chmod it  x   Create an executable shell script wrap sh containing      bin sh export HOME   PWD  export LD LIBRARY PATH   PWD lib   exec    2 gt  dev null  exec    2 gt  amp 1   debug mode   Download needed shared objects for that architecture and place them an a folder named  lib     lib libfontconfig so 1 lib libfontconfig so 1 3 0 lib libfreetype so 6 lib libfreetype so 6 3 18 lib libX11 so 6 lib libX11 so 6 2 0 lib libXau so 6 lib libXau so 6 0 0 lib libxcb so 1 lib libxcb so 1 0 0 lib libxcb-xlib so 0 lib libxcb-xlib so 0 0 0 lib libXdmcp so 6 lib libXdmcp so 6 0 0 lib libXext so 6 lib libXext so 6 4 0    some of them are symlinks       and you re ready to go     wrap sh   wkhtmltopdf-amd64 --page-size A4 --disable-internal-links --disable-external-links  http   www example site   out pdf   If you experience font problems like squares for all the characters  define TrueType fonts explicitly    font-face     font-family Trebuchet MS    font-style normal    font-weight normal    src url  http   www yourserver tld fonts Trebuchet MS ttf      format TrueType

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Debian 8 Jessie This works sudo apt-get install wkhtmltopdf

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If you have sudo access    Ubuntu 14 04   15 04   18 04  sudo apt-get install wkhtmltopdf   or sudo apt install wkhtmltopdf  Others Look at the other answers

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Version 12 5 of wkhtmltopdf only lists DEB files on their download page now   Being a mac user and not knowing much linux or what DEB files were I couldn t use the solutions posted   This page helped me get past the knew twist of downloading a DEB file   http   www g-loaded eu 2008 01 28 how-to-extract-rpm-or-deb-packages   Basically what I did was    Downloaded from https   wkhtmltopdf org downloads html Unzipped the DEB file  Unzipped data tar xz Uploaded the binary in the unzipped  usr  folder from step 3  usr local bin wkhtmltopdf    Then I found out that the  exec  function was disabled on my host   So make sure you can specifically run  exec  if you re using PHP to run this    Can I run the wkhtmltopdf binary  isn t specific enough   My fault

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