wkhtmltopdf patched qt?

Question

I'm trying to convert multiple URLs to PDF. However, when I compile wkhtmltopdf or run apt-get install wkhtmltopdf and try, it says:

Error: This version of wkhtmltopdf is build against an unpatched version of QT, and does not support more then one input document.

If I use the static version, I get Segmentation fault error.

How do I build wkhtmltopdf against a patched version of QT, or are there any other solutions besides converting one by one and reuniting?

My OS is Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. Thanks.

Gambia

Answer 1

First check out the source

 git clone git://gitorious.org/~antialize/qt/antializes-qt.git wkhtmltopdf-qt
 cd wkhtmltopdf-qt
 git checkout 4.8.4
 QTDIR=. ./bin/syncqt

Qt must be configured, a good set of configuration options for qt can found by looking at the output of

cat ../wkhtmltopdf/static_qt_conf_base ../wkhtmltopdf/static_qt_conf_linux | sed -re 's/#.*//'
cd wkhtmltopdf-qt
./configure -nomake tools,examples,demos,docs,translations -opensource -prefix "../wkqt"

And Qt compiled and installed (this will take a while)

make -j3 && make install
cd ..

You must now run qmake in the wkhtmltopdf folder.

cd wkhtmltopdf
../wkqt/bin/qmake

Archived Google Code link.

Gambia

While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. – Beautify

I think new versions will work using precompiled binaries but not sure. – Gambia

Answer 2

Go http://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html and download appropriate build. Its already patched with QT.

wkhtmltopdf --help
    or
wkhtmltopdf -V

should show

Description:
  Converts one or more HTML pages into a PDF document, using wkhtmltopdf patched qt.

Poulson

Unfortunately, the "Bleeding Edge" downloads are not built with patched qt. (ex. wkhtmltox-0.13.0-alpha-7b36694_msvc2013-win64) – Pages

Answer 3

Download the appropriate debian (*.deb) package from wkhtmltopdf.org.

New to Ubuntu ? To install, double click the downloaded *.deb file.

Columbite