centos6-install-wkhtml2pdf.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

sudo yum install -y fontconfig freetype libpng libjpeg libX11 libXext libXrender xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/wkhtmltopdf/0.12.2.1/wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-centos6-amd64.rpm
sudo rpm -Uvh wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-centos6-amd64.rpm

ubuntu14-install-wkhtml2pdf.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

cd ~

# Check for any updates
sudo apt-get update

# I managed to get the compiled version with patched QT working on ubuntu precise 64bit (12.04 LTS) and thought I'd share my bash history in the hopes it might spare others some trouble shooting.
# Also note that this install process takes rather long, you might want to consider running it in a screen or something

# you will be needing git if you haven't got it yet
sudo apt-get install git-core

# install qt dependencies, see http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/requirements-x11.html
sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libx11-dev libxcursor-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev libxft-dev libxi-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev

# as per installation instructions, install dependencies for wkhtmltopdf
sudo apt-get install openssl build-essential xorg libssl-dev libxrender-dev

# clone the repo
git clone --recursive https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf.git wkhtmltopdf

cd wkhtmltopdf

sudo scripts/build.py setup-schroot-trusty
scripts/build.py trusty-amd64

sudo dpkg -i static-build/wkhtmltox-0.12.3-dev-3b4f21b_linux-trusty-amd64.deb