## Install wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu

This was tested on:

- Ubuntu 14.04 x64
- Ubuntu 16.04 x64

#### Step 1

Install the xvfb server by running

```sh
sudo apt-get install xvfb
```

#### Step 2

Get the latest stable version wkhtmltopdf from [http://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html](http://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html) page.

```sh
wget http://download.gna.org/wkhtmltopdf/0.12/0.12.2.1/wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-trusty-amd64.deb
```

#### Step 3

Install wkhtmltopdf:

```sh
sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-trusty-amd64.deb
```

If you see dependencies errors while installing, you'll need to run the following

```sh
sudo apt-get -f install
```

Now that the dependencies are installed just run the install command, again.

#### Step 4

Create a symbolic link in `/usr/local/bin/`:

```
echo 'exec xvfb-run -a -s "-screen 0 640x480x16" wkhtmltopdf "$@"' | sudo tee /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf.sh >/dev/null && sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf.sh
```

#### Step 5

Test that everything is working as expected

```sh
wkhtmltopdf http://www.google.com google.pdf
```

If you see `Done` then everything is installed correctly and you're ready to generate some PDF's :D