Printing in PDF not possible

info17 2016-06-25 06:41:13 UTC #1

It sees that the report tool is not installed on odoo server. Which is a huge problem... please help. When i print a report or whatever i get this:

Unable to find Wkhtmltopdf on this system. The report will be shown in html.
wkhtmltopdf.org

Does any body know how to install it for a non tech one

dawnj6 2016-06-27 03:48:04 UTC #2

I have learned that Bitnami does not include wkhtmltopdf.
They have a guide on how to install it.

You will have to get "techy" and figure out how to install it.
https://wiki.bitnami.com/Applications/Bitnami_Odoo#How_to_install_Wkhtmltopdf.3f

klew 2016-06-28 14:52:21 UTC #3

Hi!

Any thoughts on how to install wkhtmltopdf as part of the Bitnami application stack instead? I'm on OS X (10.11.5).

Cheers!
km

marcos 2016-06-29 15:56:34 UTC #4

Hi everyone,

We don't include Wkhtmltopdf because of license issues, but you can install it on your own without problem. The guide is the same @dawnj6 mentioned (thanks!): https://wiki.bitnami.com/Applications/Bitnami_Odoo#How_to_install_Wkhtmltopdf.3f

@klew: In order to install wkhtmltopdf on Mac, you will have to install the pkg here: http://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html#stable
Don't forget to add it to your PATH afterwards.

I hope it works!

Best regards,
Marcos

PDF-Reports not working

klew 2016-06-30 04:15:42 UTC #5

Hi all!

This works.

To elaborate further, after installing wkhtmltopdf, you'll need to add the path to it to the "bin_path" parameter in the "openerp-server.conf" file.

Cheers!
km

marcos 2016-06-30 07:50:13 UTC #6

I'm glad you got it working @klew!

I'm sure this will help others who face a similar issue.

Don't hesitate to come back if you have any other question.

Best regards,
Marcos

vicWeller 2018-08-09 14:00:15 UTC #7

If the steps required to be taken in order to install wkhtmltopdf seem quite complicated to you, like they do to me, then I have some easier workaround yet inconvenient too. You need to convert your project to pdf m a n u a l l y, using the very pdf creating and editing tool you have like Adobe Acrobat (yet not sure it's capable of creating pdf's of html) or this https://ds11.pdffiller.com this one is cheaper than Acrobat, has required features but works not so well

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