How To Install wkhtmltopdf on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install wkhtmltopdf on CentOS 7. wkhtmltopdf is Simple shell utility to convert html to pdf

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wkhtmltopdf on CentOS 7.

What is wkhtmltopdf

Simple shell utility to convert html to pdf using the webkit rendering engine, and qt.

We can use yum or dnf to install wkhtmltopdf on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wkhtmltopdf.

Install wkhtmltopdf on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install wkhtmltopdf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wkhtmltopdf

Install wkhtmltopdf on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install wkhtmltopdf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wkhtmltopdf

How To Uninstall wkhtmltopdf on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the wkhtmltopdf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wkhtmltopdf

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wkhtmltopdf on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.