title: Help installing static binary for wkhtmltopdf
body: <p>I am trying to use the static binary of wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu server 10.0.4. The reason for is that it apparently has a built in modified QT that will allow me to run wkhtmltopdf without an X Server. </p>
  
  <p>Result:
  Once installed (see steps below), when I execute wkhtmltopdf in the terminal, it does not fire up... just returns me to the prompt - like it ran and did something, no error but no output:</p>
  
  <p>:/usr/bin$ wkhtmltopdf</p>
  
  <p>:/usr/bin$</p>
  
  <p>Same behavior if I put args:</p>
  
  <p>:/usr/bin$ wkhtmltopdf <a href="http://www.google.com" rel="noreferrer">http://www.google.com</a> test.pdf</p>
  
  <p>:/usr/bin$</p>
  
  <p>Am I doing something wrong --- my understanding that the static binary should just fire up. Perhaps missing some dependency? Is there a way to get some verbose output?</p>
  
  <p>These are the steps I have followed:</p>
  
  <p>In /usr/bin:</p>
  
  <p>1) Confirmed that the existing (non-static) wkhtmltopdf resides there and that it executes. When I execute it with no args I get the help/about output from the app. </p>
  
  <p>2) Moved the existing wkhtmltopdf out of the directory (renamed it)</p>
  
  <p>3) Get the static binary: sudo curl -C - -O http:
  //wkhtmltopdf.googlecode.com/files/wkhtmltopdf-0.9.9-static-i386.tar.bz2</p>
  
  <p>4) Untar: tar xvjf wkhtmltopdf-0.9.9-static-i386.tar.bz2</p>
  
  <p>5) Rename: mv wkhtmltopdf-i386 wkthtmltopdf</p>
  
  <p>6) Get (apparently) necessary packages: sudo apt-get install openssl build-essential xorg libssl-dev</p>