How To Install weasyprint on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install weasyprint
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is weasyprint
weasyprint is:
WeasyPrint is a smart solution helping web developers to create PDF documents. It turns simple HTML pages into gorgeous statistical reports, invoices, tickets, etc.
From a technical point of view, WeasyPrint is a visual rendering engine for HTML and CSS that can export to PDF and PNG. It aims to support web standards for printing. WeasyPrint is free software made available under a BSD license.
It is based on various libraries but not on a full rendering engine like WebKit or Gecko. The CSS layout engine is written in Python, designed for pagination, and meant to be easy to hack on.
There are three methods to install weasyprint
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install weasyprint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install weasyprint
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install weasyprint
Install weasyprint Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install weasyprint
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install weasyprint
Install weasyprint Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install weasyprint
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install weasyprint
How To Uninstall weasyprint on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the weasyprint
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove weasyprint
Uninstall weasyprint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall weasyprint
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove weasyprint
Remove weasyprint Configurations and Data
To remove weasyprint
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge weasyprint
Remove weasyprint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove weasyprint
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weasyprint
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install weasyprint
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.