wkhtmltopdf-static on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "wkhtmltopdf-static" 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-static on Arch using YAY


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


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                wkhtmltopdf-static
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "wkhtmltopdf-static" 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-static's git locally


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


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

ID: 1261600
Name: wkhtmltopdf-static
PackageBaseID: 34352
PackageBase: wkhtmltopdf-static
Version: 0.12.6.1_r3-1
Description: Shell utility to convert HTML to PDF using Webkit and Qt (upstream static build)
URL: https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging
NumVotes: 60
Popularity: 0.028744
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: koonix
Submitter: foutrelis
FirstSubmitted: 1265467614
LastModified: 1684760340
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wkhtmltopdf-static.tar.gz