not working on Rocky Linux 9.x #191

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1. unixmonkey commented on Aug 11, 2025

   

   unixmonkey

   on Aug 11, 2025

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   The code to handle a new distribution variant is fairly simple, and there is support for Rocky 8 here: https://github.com/zakird/wkhtmltopdf_binary_gem/blob/master/bin/wkhtmltopdf#L58

   I don't run Rocky. Are version 9 and 10 now Debian-based instead of CentOS?
2. makhomed commented on Aug 11, 2025

   

   makhomed

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   The code to handle a new distribution variant is fairly simple, and there is support for Rocky 8 here: https://github.com/zakird/wkhtmltopdf_binary_gem/blob/master/bin/wkhtmltopdf#L58

   I don't run Rocky. Are version 9 and 10 now Debian-based instead of CentOS?

   All Rocky Linux versions 8, 9, 10 are RHEL-based only.

   CentOS 7 distro already EOL. CentOS Linux 7 reached end of life (EOL) on June 30, 2024.
   CentOS Stream 8, 9, 10 distro is upstream for RHEL, but is is not stable and not for production use.

   Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux and all other RHEL clones are RHEL-based, not CentOS-based.

   As I understand, all shared libraries, required by wkhtmltopdf_debian_12_amd64 binary also are are present in the Rocky Linux 9.6 system, so I can use debian binary on the Rocky Linux 9.6 to workaround bug with pdf generation after migrating to redmine 6.0.6 with Invoice PRO plugin from RedmineUp:

   $ cat /home/www/redmine/plugins/redmine_contacts_invoices/Gemfile
   gem 'wicked_pdf', '~> 1.1.0'
   gem 'wkhtmltopdf-binary'
   

   generated buggy file invoice-20190114_0034-77-3.pdf content:

   Failed to execute:
   ["/home/www/bin/wkhtmltopdf", "-q", "--encoding", "UTF-8", "--page-size", "A4", "--margin-top", "20", "--margin-bottom", "20", "--margin-left", "20", "--margin-right", "20", "--footer-left", "20190114/0034-77", "--footer-right", "[page]/[topage]", "file:////tmp/wicked_pdf20250811-1207-ikk3vo.html", "/tmp/wicked_pdf_generated_file20250811-1207-t1g9up.pdf"]
   Error: PDF could not be generated!
    Command Error: /home/www/.local/share/gem/ruby/gems/wkhtmltopdf-binary-0.12.6.9/bin/wkhtmltopdf:96:in `<top (required)>': Invalid platform, must be running on Ubuntu 16.04/18.04/20.04/22.04, CentOS 6/7/8, Debian 9/10/11/12, Archlinux amd64, Debian 9/10/11/12 arm64, or Intel-based Cocoa macOS (missing binary: /home/www/.local/share/gem/ruby/gems/wkhtmltopdf-binary-0.12.6.9/bin/wkhtmltopdf_rocky_9.6_amd64). (RuntimeError)
   	from /home/www/bin/wkhtmltopdf:25:in `load'
   	from /home/www/bin/wkhtmltopdf:25:in `<main>'
   

   with workaround from previous message applied - all works fine.

   P.S.

   [www@redmine-6.0.6 ~/.local/share/gem/ruby/gems/wkhtmltopdf-binary-0.12.6.9/bin]$ ldd wkhtmltopdf_debian_12_amd64
           linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffd34350000)
           libjpeg.so.62 => /lib64/libjpeg.so.62 (0x00007fe7c007b000)
           libpng16.so.16 => /lib64/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007fe7c0044000)
           libXrender.so.1 => /lib64/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007fe7c0037000)
           libfontconfig.so.1 => /lib64/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007fe7bd3b1000)
           libfreetype.so.6 => /lib64/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007fe7bd2ee000)
           libX11.so.6 => /lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fe7bd1a6000)
           libssl.so.3 => /lib64/libssl.so.3 (0x00007fe7bd0c0000)
           libcrypto.so.3 => /lib64/libcrypto.so.3 (0x00007fe7bca00000)
           libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00007fe7c001b000)
           libstdc++.so.6 => /lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fe7bc600000)
           libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007fe7bcfe5000)
           libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fe7c0001000)
           libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007fe7bc200000)
           /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fe7c0105000)
           libxml2.so.2 => /lib64/libxml2.so.2 (0x00007fe7bc877000)
           libbz2.so.1 => /lib64/libbz2.so.1 (0x00007fe7bcfd0000)
           libharfbuzz.so.0 => /lib64/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007fe7bc531000)
           libbrotlidec.so.1 => /lib64/libbrotlidec.so.1 (0x00007fe7bcfc2000)
           libxcb.so.1 => /lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fe7bcf97000)
           liblzma.so.5 => /lib64/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fe7bcf69000)
           libglib-2.0.so.0 => /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fe7bc0c6000)
           libgraphite2.so.3 => /lib64/libgraphite2.so.3 (0x00007fe7bcf48000)
           libbrotlicommon.so.1 => /lib64/libbrotlicommon.so.1 (0x00007fe7bcf25000)
           libXau.so.6 => /lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fe7bcf1f000)
           libpcre.so.1 => /lib64/libpcre.so.1 (0x00007fe7bc4b9000)
   
3. makhomed commented on Aug 12, 2025

   

   makhomed

   on Aug 12, 2025

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   other possible (and preferred) workaround - is to use binary from official site

   https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html

   for AlmaLinux 9

   because AlmaLinux is also RHEL-based fork and binary for AlmaLinux should work normally for Rocky Linux 9 and RHEL 9.
4. makhomed commented on Oct 15, 2025

   

   makhomed

   on Oct 15, 2025

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   @zakird can you, please, include "AlmaLinux" binary from https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html into gem for 9 and 8 versions of system?

   "AlmaLinux" is RHEL fork binary compatible with Rocky Linux and RHEL.
5. makhomed

   changed the title [-]not working on Rocky Linux 9.x and Rocky Linux 10.x[/-] [+]not working on Rocky Linux 9.x[/+] on Oct 15, 2025
6. vliggio commented on Jun 18, 2026

   

   vliggio

   on Jun 18, 2026

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   @unixmonkey @zakird I believe my PR (#197) will resolve this issue (and a few others)