Hi Conor - I just went through this and glad to help. I wrote a couple blog posts but it seems that my blog is having some issues so I cant give you the links.
What OS are you trying to install on? What I recommend is installing the static binary. This worked for me --- just make sure it is in your path. If you are on 64 bit system use the AMD distro. Also, if you are putting it on a non-gui server, you will need the static binary or do some other hacky stuff (I used the binary). Let me know through the group if you get stuck and I can probably get you moving. David On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Conor Nugent <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > I was following along with Ryan Bates' really great railscast on PDFkit > when I ran into a few problems installing wkhtmltopdf ( I also posted > about my problem in the episode comments). I was wondering if anyone > else has experienced similar problems or has any clues as to what is > going wrong. It is a rails 3 app, 1.9.2 running on snow leopard. I use > rvm > > I added PDFkit to my gemfile and the appropriate config options to my > application.rb. I then tried to see if a could get a pdf version of one > of the pages in my app and I got the following action controller > exception > > No wkhtmltopdf executable found at /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf > >> Install wkhtmltopdf by hand or try running `pdfkit > --install-wkhtmltopdf` > > I tried installing using the command > > pdfkit --install-wkhtmltopdf > > this didn't go smoothly and I had to add the directory and change some > permissions but I got it installed. I'm still getting a permission > denied exception but as far as I can tell the file is rwx for all > > It kind of feels like I have drifted down the wrong path completely with > this. If anyone has any pointers they would be greatly appreciated > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
