How To Install wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wkhtmltopdf
wkhtmltopdf is:
wkhtmltopdf is a command line program which permits one to create a pdf or an image from an url, a local html file or stdin. It produces a pdf or an image like rendered with the WebKit engine.
This program requires an X11 server to run.
It is not built against a forked version of Qt hence some options are not supported.
There are three methods to install wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wkhtmltopdf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wkhtmltopdf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wkhtmltopdf
Install wkhtmltopdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wkhtmltopdf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wkhtmltopdf
Install wkhtmltopdf 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 wkhtmltopdf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wkhtmltopdf
How To Uninstall wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wkhtmltopdf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wkhtmltopdf
Uninstall wkhtmltopdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wkhtmltopdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wkhtmltopdf
Remove wkhtmltopdf Configurations and Data
To remove wkhtmltopdf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wkhtmltopdf
Remove wkhtmltopdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wkhtmltopdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wkhtmltopdf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wkhtmltopdf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
