Unable to install wk .deb

Question

I am unable to install wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu 14.4. I downloaded from wkhtmltopdf Linux (Ubuntu Trusty) 64 bit. I ran the following command:

sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-trusty-amd64.deb

Here's the log

(Reading database ... 61662 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-trusty-amd64.deb ...
Unpacking wkhtmltox (0.12.2.1) over (0.12.2.1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wkhtmltox:
 wkhtmltox depends on fontconfig; however:
  Package fontconfig is not installed.
 wkhtmltox depends on libjpeg-turbo8; however:
  Package libjpeg-turbo8 is not installed.
 wkhtmltox depends on xfonts-base; however:
  Package xfonts-base is not installed.
 wkhtmltox depends on xfonts-75dpi; however:
  Package xfonts-75dpi is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package wkhtmltox (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 wkhtmltox

I searched but could not find anything specific. What am I missing here?

Do you really need 0.12.2? I ask because wkhtmltopdf 0.9.9 is already in the ubuntu repo for trusty: http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/wkhtmltopdf — Sylvain Pineau, Jul 22 '15 at 08:07
see http://askubuntu.com/questions/40011/how-to-let-dpkg-i-install-dependencies-for-me on how to install dependencies. — Rinzwind, Jul 22 '15 at 08:08
@user1629362 alternative: download the DEBs it complains about and "dpkg" those 1st (dpkg does not solve dependencies for you). — Rinzwind, Jul 22 '15 at 08:23

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '15 at 08:28

first of all, if you don't care about version, you can install the package founded in the official Ubuntu repos:

sudo apt-get install wkhtmltopdf

But if you want to install your specific version above(0.12.2) you should resolve the package dependencies.

first try to run the command:

sudo apt-get install -f

If this solves it then ok else you have to install each dependency yourself.

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wkhtmltox:
 wkhtmltox depends on fontconfig; however:
  Package fontconfig is not installed.
 wkhtmltox depends on libjpeg-turbo8; however:
  Package libjpeg-turbo8 is not installed.
 wkhtmltox depends on xfonts-base; however:
  Package xfonts-base is not installed.
 wkhtmltox depends on xfonts-75dpi; however:
  Package xfonts-75dpi is not installed.

From above you can install each dependency yourself

sudo apt-get install fontconfig
sudo apt-get install libjpeg-turbo8
sudo apt-get install xfonts-base
sudo apt-get install xfonts-75dpi

But an easier solution is to use gdebi.

sudo apt-get install gdebi

then you can use it to resolve dependencies:

sudo gdebi wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-trusty-amd64.deb

Where is it installed then? -bash: /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf: No such file or directory — itsazzad, Nov 06 '15 at 17:55
Got it: /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf and: /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltoimage — itsazzad, Nov 06 '15 at 17:56

Unable to install wk .deb

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