Install wkhtmltopdf with patched QT on Ubuntu Linux

wkhtmltopdf.sh

# Uncomment the next line if you have installed wkhtmltopdf
# sudo apt remove wkhtmltopdf
cd ~
# Select an appropriate link for your system (32 or 64 bit) from the page https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html and past to the next line
wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/0.12.4/wkhtmltox-0.12.4_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz
tar xvf wkhtmltox*.tar.xz
sudo mv wkhtmltox/bin/wkhtmlto* /usr/bin
sudo apt-get install -y openssl build-essential libssl-dev libxrender-dev git-core libx11-dev libxext-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev fontconfig

Great, thanks man.

Thanks @faniska. It worked.

Yes! Thanks.

Thank you! This set me up in the right direction. After much investigation, only wkhtml2pdf version that worked was 12.1.

yes

thank you worked for me as well

Saved my evening!

I'm running odoo11 and this worked for me! Thanks

It's not working, I am using odoo 12 still getting error: Wkhtmltopdf failed (error code: -8). Message: b''

It's not working, I am using odoo 12 still getting error: Wkhtmltopdf failed (error code: -8). Message: b''

I've found the solution from the odoo forum:

install the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package and clear your font cache:
sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
sudo fc-cache -f -v
by Mitul Shingala

@faniska worked like a charm, thanks for sharing

Thank you! It's work well with Odoo 12 Community on Debian 9

It worked! Thank you! You saved me there! :D

Thank you! It's work well with Odoo 12

Neato! Nifty, man. Thanks, dawg.

Thanks!

Thank you! You saved my day! It works with Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit 3.6.7.

To those who get the error "wkhtmltopdf throws "QSslSocket: cannot resolve CRYPTO_num_locks" when using a template", I follow the advise and it works.

sudo apt-get install libssl1.0-dev

Thanks!!
Solved the problem:
Wkhtmltopdf failed (error code: -6). Message: The switch --header-spacing, is not support

thanks!!!

Still helpful, thanks !

Works well on Ubutu 18 & Odoo 13. Great!

wow worked like charm in ubuntu 20
downloaded .deb file and installed it!!!

thank you, worked in debian 9 stretch with odoo version 12

Thank you, definitely useful !

Many thanks

Worked for debian 11 bullseye

Great @faniska!

Im my case I nedd add too:

ln -s /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf

Using minimalist Debian (TurnkeyLinux Distribution) tar won't have xz installed so error occurs during tar -xfz:

user@odoo ~# tar -xvf wkhtmltox-0.12.4_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz
tar (child): xz: Cannot exec: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Solution is to upgrade tar:

user@odoo ~# apt install xz-utils

Had text rendering problems with any method.
I got it fixed installing with:
sudo apt-get install wkhtmltopdf

thanks