wkhtmltopdf Builder for Debian

This project provides a set of scripts and instructions to build wkhtmltopdf from source on newer versions of Debian. wkhtmltopdf is a command-line tool that renders HTML into PDF using the Qt WebKit rendering engine.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Building wkhtmltopdf

Features

• Build wkhtmltopdf from source on Debian 12 (bookworm)
• docker is only required dependency

Requirements

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed:

• docker for building the repository

Building wkhtmltopdf

To build wkhtmltopdf, run the following command:

make

You can also build an spercific version using

make VERSION=0.12.2.1

This script will:

• Download the latest version of wkhtmltopdf, openssl and qt
• Compile the source code into dist/