Errno 13 Permission denied in django-wkhtmltopdf

Question

I use django-wkhtmltopdf to generate PDF documents. I described a clear path to the django-wkhtmltopdf.

WKHTMLTOPDF_CMD = '/home/vagrant/envs/vagrant/lib/python2.7/site-packages/wkhtmltopdf'

I get the error:

[Errno 13] Permission denied

Permissions in the path to the django-wkhtmltopdf:

drwxrwxr-x 3 vagrant vagrant Feb 17, 4096 7:32 wkhtmltopdf

Answer 1

What worked for me was:

1. Download the file from oficial page
2. From the file you downloaded extract the /bin/wkhtmltopdf file
3. Place it somewhere at your project

4. In settings.py specify the FULL path to the binary file like:

   WKHTMLTOPDF_CMD = '/home/stefanos/vEnvs/assembla/lib/python2.7/site-packages/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf'

Answer 2

You need to install wkhtmltopdf itself, and specify the path to the binary (either in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin).