Michael - thanks, and for the reminder on usr/bin... > Sanitiy check: is the unpacked binary executable? What do you get if you > start it with its complete path: /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf-i386?
That is the rub... when I run this I get no error but no love either, it just gives me a new command prompt. As if I was executing a program that has no functionality: :/usr/local/bin$ /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf-i386 :/usr/local/bin$ also trying it with standard arguments to create a pdf: /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf-i386 http://www.google.com google.pdf :/usr/local/bin$ I would guess if there was a dependency problem I should receive an error. So would this mean that this file is a dud? That is where I have been stuck thinking that I must be doing something wrong. On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Michael Schuerig <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wednesday 15 September 2010, David Kahn wrote: > > > I am running production on Ubuntu 10.04 Server. I need whhtmltopdf to > > work without an X Server (as I have no gui there). The wkhtmltopdf > > static binary is said to have a patched QT that will allow this. > > However I have not been able to get the static binary to work. These > > are the results the steps I took to install: > > > > Result: Once installed (see steps below), when I execute wkhtmltopdf > > in the terminal, it does not fire up... just returns me to the > > prompt - like it ran > [...] > > > In /usr/bin: > > > > 1) Confirmed that the existing (non-static) wkhtmltopdf resides there > > and that it executes. When I execute it with no args I get the > > help/about output from the app. > > Don't install anything manually in /usr/bin. That directory belongs to > your system (Ubuntu). Use /usr/local (or /usr/opt in special cases) for > your own stuff. > > > 2) Moved the existing wkhtmltopdf out of the directory (renamed it) > > Don't. Just deinstall it. > > > 3) Get the static binary: sudo curl -C - -O http:// > wkhtmltopdf.googlecode.com/files/wkhtmltopdf-0.9.9-static-i386.tar.bz2 > > > > 4) Untar: tar -xvjf wkhtmltopdf-0.9.9-static-i386.tar.bz2 > > Sanitiy check: is the unpacked binary executable? What do you get if you > start it with its complete path: /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf-i386? > > > 5) Rename: mv wkhtmltopdf-i386 wkthtmltopdf > > Do this in /usr/local/bin and instead of renaming just add a symlink. > > > 6) Get (apparently) necessary packages: sudo apt-get install openssl > > build-essential xorg libssl-dev > > Do you get this impression from > http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/wiki/compilation ? That page > describes how to *compile* the binary for yourself, something you don't > need to do. You probably already have installed openssl, but you won't > need the other packages. They don't hurt either (apart from taking up > space). > > Finally, do you get any output from > > $ /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf-i386 > > If you don't get anything, try > > $ strace /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf-i386 > > to get a trace of system calls the program is executing. You may need to > install the strace package for that. > > Michael > > -- > Michael Schuerig > mailto:[email protected] > http://www.schuerig.de/michael/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
