wicked_pdf on production server

Question

Locally It works like magic but when I try to generate the PDF on the server it trows:

RuntimeError (Failed to execute:
"/path/to/my/project/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/bin/wkhtmltopdf"       -q - - 
Error: Broken pipe):

Here's what's on my_controller.

format.pdf do
    pdf = render_to_string(
            :pdf => "invoice",
            :template => "my_controller/my_view.pdf.erb",
            :layout=>"pdf.html.erb"
        )
    save_path = Rails.root.join('pdfs','invoice.pdf')
    File.open(save_path, 'wb') do |file|
        file << pdf
    end
    send_file(save_path)
end

And in my Gemfile

gem 'wicked_pdf'
gem 'wkhtmltopdf-binary'

Could you add the last part of your question as a answer and accept that as answer later? This will help others to understand what the status is ... — mliebelt, Mar 13 '12 at 14:37

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 13 '12 at 15:56

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Fixed removing system installed wkhtmltopdf and using the binary of wkhtmltopdf:

Uninstall the wkhtmltopdf package: apt-get remove wkhtmltopdf --purge
(in usr/local/bin) sudo curl -C - -O http://wkhtmltopdf.googlecode.com/files/wkhtmltopdf-0.9.9-static-amd64.tar.bz2
(in usr/local/bin) sudo tar -xvjf wkhtmltopdf-0.9.9-static-amd64.tar.bz2
(in usr/local/bin) ln -s wkhtmltopdf-amd64 wkhtmltopdf
In your initializer WickedPdf.config = { :exe_path => "/usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf" }

answered Mar 13 '12 at 15:56

Mr_Nizzle

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The download link is broken. Try this new link http://download.gna.org/wkhtmltopdf/obsolete/linux/wkhtmltopdf-0.9.9-static-amd64.tar.bz2 – Calvin Oct 14 '16 at 14:33
this installation needs to be done in local system? or its needs to be installed on AWS? – John Dec 21 '16 at 08:25
Vivek Sathisan left a comment as an answer: the source can be downloaded from https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/obsolete-downloads/releases – Stephen Kennedy Jun 04 '18 at 11:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 15 '13 at 15:31

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For others experiencing this issue, we had the same error message with a different solution. We didn't have a headless browser running:

sudo apt-get install xvfb

solved it

answered May 15 '13 at 15:31

Yule

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wicked_pdf on production server

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