wkhtmltopdf on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "wkhtmltopdf" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install wkhtmltopdf on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                wkhtmltopdf
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall wkhtmltopdf on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                wkhtmltopdf
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "wkhtmltopdf" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone wkhtmltopdf's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/wkhtmltopdf.git 
            
                        
                ~/wkhtmltopdf
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/wkhtmltopdf folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/wkhtmltopdf
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wkhtmltopdf package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1170657
Name: wkhtmltopdf
PackageBaseID: 187468
PackageBase: wkhtmltopdf
Version: 0.12.6-1
Description: Command line tools to render HTML into PDF and various image formats
URL: https://wkhtmltopdf.org/
NumVotes: 11
Popularity: 0.550212
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: aditya
Submitter: foutrelis
FirstSubmitted: 1668714956
LastModified: 1668714956
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wkhtmltopdf.tar.gz