wkhtmltopdf on freebsd 8.1 amd64

I compiled wkhtmltopdf 0.9.9 and 0.10.0_rc1 using the modified qt-version(git clone git://gitorious.org/+wkhtml2pdf/qt/wkhtmltopdf-qt.git wkhtmltopdf-qt). The resulting binary does not need an X Server.

The best results are delivered by the wkhtmltopdf 0.9.9

It took me a total of approx. 20 hours ๐Ÿ™‚ …. but now I’m really proud ๐Ÿ˜€

You can download the zipped static binary here wkhtmltopdf 0.9.9:
wkhtmltopdf

5 thoughts on “wkhtmltopdf on freebsd 8.1 amd64

  1. Awesome! Any chance you could offer your static binary? OR more detailed instructions? I’ve been banging my head trying to compile qt (finally worked, but no qmake binary! ACK!)

  2. you should consider being the most awesome person in the history of awesome, and adopt this as a freebsd port.

  3. thanks.

    how about making a freebsd port for this? you already got it compile — thats the hard part :]

  4. Hmmm, I’ll never done this before – but I’ll give it a try.

    The fact that wkhtmltopdf depends on a “modified QT”(which does not compile without “N” changes in “M” files on freebsd 8.1 amd64) that also needs to be compiled before – doesn’t make it easier ๐Ÿ™‚

    However, I’ll try ….

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