1. Installed wkhtmltopdf on Linux Operating System KNOPPIX 7.2 using Synaptic Package Manager by
searching for the software as shown below
2. Click ' Search ' then the software ' wkhtmltopdf ' will appear below the package with the square box
colored green. In this case, the square box next to the ' wkhtmltopdf ' is colored green because the
software was installed earlier as shown below.
3. To run the software, open a ' root terminal ' window then choose whatever website or whatever
webpage that we want to convert to pdf by selecting the website URL or the webpage URL then
run the Linux command as shown below.
Above is an example of a webpage or a website that I want to convert to PDF |
4. Click the URL and ' Select All ' and then ' Copy " and ' Paste ' to the ' root terminal window ' after
typing/keying the word ' wkhtmltopdf ' as shown below. Also, please do not forget to save the PDF
file under whatever name you prefer. In this case I choose to save the PDF file under the name
putin.pdf
5. This basically complete the installation of the ' wkhtmltopdf ' software for the Linux Operating System
KNOPPIX 7.2
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# wkhtmltopdf http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/putin-now-world-s-most-powerful-person-1.1600030#.UnOBUVRhTOd putin.pdf
Loading page (1/2)
Warning: SSL error ignored
QFont::setPixelSize: Pixel size <= 0 (0)===============> ] 90%
Warning: SSL error ignored
Printing pages (2/2)
QFont::setPixelSize: Pixel size <= 0 (0)
Done
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
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root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ls -alh
ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied
total 3.9M
drwxr-xr-x 47 knoppix knoppix 824 Nov 1 06:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 72 Oct 24 19:33 ..
drwx------ 4 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Feb 3 2011 .adobe
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 438K Nov 1 06:28 bnpas.pdf
drwx------ 17 knoppix knoppix 424 Nov 1 06:15 .cache
drwx------ 30 knoppix knoppix 400 Oct 29 18:30 .config
drwx------ 3 knoppix knoppix 80 Oct 24 19:33 .dbus
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jan 12 2010 .debtags
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 192 Nov 1 06:13 Desktop
drwxrwxrwx 10 knoppix knoppix 456 Oct 31 11:27 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 384 Oct 26 06:38 dwhelper
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Apr 6 2012 .elinks
-rw------- 1 knoppix knoppix 16 Sep 14 2009 .esd_auth
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 112 Oct 24 20:08 .fontconfig
-rw-r--r-- 1 knoppix knoppix 514 Feb 7 2010 .fonts.conf
drwxr-xr-x 6 knoppix knoppix 96 Nov 1 06:13 .gconf
drwx------ 2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Sep 13 2011 .gconfd
drwxr-xr-x 24 knoppix knoppix 6.0K Feb 4 2013 .gimp-2.8
drwxr-xr-x 3 knoppix knoppix 72 Oct 24 19:33 .gnome
drwx------ 4 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jun 30 2011 .gnome2
drwx------ 2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jun 14 2009 .gnome2_private
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 48 Oct 24 19:33 .gnome_private
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 88 Oct 24 20:31 .gstreamer-0.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 knoppix knoppix 32 Jan 26 2010 .gtkrc-2.0
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-rw------- 1 knoppix knoppix 342 Oct 29 17:02 .ICEauthority
drwxr-xr-x 3 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Aug 28 2010 .java
drwxr-xr-x 10 knoppix knoppix 152 Feb 3 2010 .kde
-rw-r--r-- 1 knoppix knoppix 427 Jun 24 16:50 .kderc
-rw------- 1 knoppix knoppix 186 Jun 13 21:23 .lesshst
drwxr-xr-x 4 knoppix knoppix 96 Jan 12 2010 .local
drwx------ 4 knoppix knoppix 80 Oct 24 20:06 .macromedia
drwx------ 2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jan 12 2010 .mc
drwx------ 3 knoppix knoppix 72 Oct 29 17:02 .mission-control
drwx------ 5 knoppix users 72 Oct 24 19:37 .mozilla
drwx------ 3 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jul 14 2008 .mozilla-thunderbird
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Feb 7 2012 .mplayer
drwx------ 3 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Feb 3 2011 .pki
drwx------ 2 knoppix knoppix 104 Nov 1 06:15 .pulse
-rw------- 1 knoppix knoppix 256 Jun 13 21:18 .pulse-cookie
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.4M Nov 1 06:33 putin.pdf
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 96 Nov 1 06:13 .qt
drwxr-xr-x 2 knoppix knoppix 48 Oct 24 19:33 Templates
drwx------ 5 knoppix knoppix 72 Oct 24 20:31 .thumbnails
-rw-r--r-- 1 knoppix knoppix 1.1K Aug 31 2010 .wxMaxima
-rw------- 1 knoppix knoppix 106 Oct 24 19:33 .Xauthority
-rwxr-xr-x 1 knoppix knoppix 11K Aug 5 2012 .xscreensaver
-rw------- 1 knoppix knoppix 0 Nov 1 06:13 .xsession-errors
-rw-r--r-- 1 knoppix knoppix 30 Oct 24 19:33 .xvkbd
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ls -alh *.pdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 438K Nov 1 06:28 bnpas.pdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.4M Nov 1 06:33 putin.pdf
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