How to install PhantomJS on Debian/Ubuntu

00.howto_install_phantomjs.md

How to install PhantomJS on Ubuntu

Version: 1.9.8

Platform: x86_64

First, install or update to the latest system software.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential chrpath libssl-dev libxft-dev

Install these packages needed by PhantomJS to work correctly.

sudo apt-get install libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev
sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev

Get it from the PhantomJS website.

cd ~
export PHANTOM_JS="phantomjs-1.9.8-linux-x86_64"
wget https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/$PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2
sudo tar xvjf $PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2

Once downloaded, move Phantomjs folder to /usr/local/share/ and create a symlink:

sudo mv $PHANTOM_JS /usr/local/share
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/share/$PHANTOM_JS/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin

Now, It should have PhantomJS properly on your system.

phantomjs --version

install_phantomjs.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# This script install PhantomJS in your Debian/Ubuntu System
#
# This script must be run as root:
# sudo sh install_phantomjs.sh
#

if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
	echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
	exit 1
fi

PHANTOM_VERSION="phantomjs-1.9.8"
ARCH=$(uname -m)

if ! [ $ARCH = "x86_64" ]; then
	$ARCH="i686"
fi

PHANTOM_JS="$PHANTOM_VERSION-linux-$ARCH"

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential chrpath libssl-dev libxft-dev -y
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev -y
sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev -y

cd ~
wget https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/$PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2
sudo tar xvjf $PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2

sudo mv $PHANTOM_JS /usr/local/share
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/share/$PHANTOM_JS/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin

Thank youuu!

useful guide,
although I did ended up migrating to https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer .

Hi, I installed phantomjs in ubuntu 22.04 and when use it in Rstudio for my code get Auto configuration failed error. i readed all comment and use all of them for resolving this error but don't worked!!!

here's a slightly better and fully automated version of that script in the original post and adds the automatic version downloading snippet from here

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# This script install PhantomJS in your Debian/Ubuntu System
#
# This script must be run as root:
# sudo sh install_phantomjs.sh
#

if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
	echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
	exit 1
fi

PHANTOM_JS_LATEST=$(curl -s https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/ | grep -i -e zip -e bz2 | grep -vi beta | grep -i linux-x86_64 | grep -v symbols | cut -d '>' -f 2 | cut -d '<' -f 1 | head -n 1)
PHANTOM_VERSION=${PHANTOM_JS_LATEST%-*-*.*.*}
ARCH=$(uname -m)

if ! [ $ARCH = "x86_64" ]; then
	$ARCH="i686"
fi

PHANTOM_JS="$PHANTOM_VERSION-linux-$ARCH"

apt-get update
apt-get -y install build-essential chrpath libssl-dev libxft-dev libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev

cd ~
wget https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/$PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2
tar xvjf $PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2

mv $PHANTOM_JS /usr/local/share
ln -sf /usr/local/share/$PHANTOM_JS/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin

@Neo-Desktop

if ! [ $ARCH = "x86_64" ]; then
	$ARCH="i686"
fi

Ouch...
How does it work for "arm64" architecture?

Anybody have luck with ubuntu 22.04/arm64?

Anybody have luck with ubuntu 22.04/arm64?

nope, I've same problem

It is very strange for me.
I installed, the phantomjes --version shows 2.1.1 but it have no effect...still the message appears on my shiny app.

To solve the Auto configuration failed error see this issue
Type this in the terminal before executing phantomjs: export OPENSSL_CONF=/etc/ssl