Install of wkhtmltopdf

[Ulrik Tuemand]

Hey Guys,

I've tried to install wkhtmltopdf, so i would be able to send sales orders etc in pdf's.

However im facing some troubles.

If i use wkhtmltopdf straight from as a cli command it works, but when trying from erpnext i face the following error.

can someone help me out?

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/home/ulrik/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/app.py", line 52, in application
    response = frappe.api.handle()
  File "/home/ulrik/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/api.py", line 42, in handle
    return frappe.handler.handle()
  File "/home/ulrik/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/handler.py", line 66, in handle
    execute_cmd(cmd)
  File "/home/ulrik/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/handler.py", line 89, in execute_cmd
    ret = frappe.call(method, **frappe.form_dict)
  File "/home/ulrik/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/__init__.py", line 526, in call
    return fn(*args, **newargs)
  File "/home/ulrik/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/templates/pages/print.py", line 93, in download_pdf
    frappe.local.response.filecontent = get_pdf(html)
  File "/home/ulrik/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/utils/pdf.py", line 28, in get_pdf
    pdfkit.from_string(html, fname, options=options or {})
  File "/home/ulrik/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pdfkit/api.py", line 68, in from_string
    return r.to_pdf(output_path)
  File "/home/ulrik/frappe-bench/env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pdfkit/pdfkit.py", line 131, in to_pdf
    ' '.join(args))
 IOError: Command failed: /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf --margin-top 15mm --margin-right 15mm --page-size A4 --encoding UTF-8 --background --print-media-type --images --margin-left 15mm --no-outline --margin-bottom 15mm - /tmp/d7186958919ad48ba14b96722d0f2378c8dbff211862a8dc3689cf5a.pdf
Check whhtmltopdf output without 'quiet' option

[Anand Doshi]

Hi Ulrik,

Go to the record you are trying to print, click on “Preview” from print view, and save the file as HTML.

Then, try running this exact command, with source file as the html file:

/usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf --margin-top 15mm --margin-right 15mm --page-size A4 --encoding UTF-8 --background --print-media-type --images --margin-left 15mm --no-outline --margin-bottom 15mm /path/to/{{ SOURCE FILE }} /tmp/{{ TARGET FILE }}.pdf

-Anand.

[Dhaifallah Alwadani]

Just to add my experience. 

Installing wkhtmltopdf using apt-get is outdated and does not support everything that frappe needs. I think you should download a .deb from their website and manually install it.

[Anand Doshi]

Hi Dhaifallah,

Thanks for the heads up! I've updated the readme.md: https://github.com/frappe/bench/blob/master/README.md#manual-install

@Pratik. Debian/Ubuntu has missing wkhtmltopdf installation in setup_frappe.sh.

-Anand.

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