Im getting 'Error: PDF could not be generated! Bad CPU type in executable' on my m1 macbook

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I have tests with wicked_pdf and wkhtmltopdf-binary. Both gems are installed, but errors dont go away :( Im tried to install gems with Rosetta, but nothing helps me

error is here

Minitest::UnexpectedError:
       RuntimeError: Failed to execute:
       ["/Users/larkin/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.2/bin/wkhtmltopdf", "--lowquality", "--footer-center", "конфіденційно", "--footer-left", "Служба етичного контролю", "--footer-right", "[page] / [topage]", "--footer-font-size", "10", "file:////var/folders/sk/3493jp896vj_spzzn_z2zvkm0000gn/T/wicked_pdf20211129-63903-gn9oc5.html", "/var/folders/sk/3493jp896vj_spzzn_z2zvkm0000gn/T/wicked_pdf_generated_file20211129-63903-urbrlu.pdf"]
       Error: PDF could not be generated!
        Command Error: /Users/larkin/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.2/gems/wkhtmltopdf-binary-0.12.5.4/bin/wkhtmltopdf:50:in `exec': Bad CPU type in executable - /Users/larkin/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.2/gems/wkhtmltopdf-binary-0.12.5.4/bin/wkhtmltopdf_macos_carbon (Errno::EBADARCH)
        from /Users/larkin/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.2/gems/wkhtmltopdf-binary-0.12.5.4/bin/wkhtmltopdf:50:in `<top (required)>'
        from /Users/larkin/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.2/bin/wkhtmltopdf:23:in `load'
        from /Users/larkin/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.2/bin/wkhtmltopdf:23:in `<main>'
        from /Users/larkin/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.2/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:22:in `eval'
        from /Users/larkin/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.2/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:22:in `<main>'
apple-m1 ruby-on-rails ruby
2 Answers

The installation/update of Rosetta (on MacOS Monterey 12.2) solved this issue for me with the following command :

softwareupdate --install-rosetta

Maybe it can help others

user_139281720

I had the same issue on macbook with apple m1 chip. In order to fix that, you need to manually download binary for arm chip, for newest release (0.12.6) just go to: https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/0.12.6-1 and download: wkhtmltox-0.12.6-1.macos-cocoa.pkg

Then install script and edit your wicked_pdf.rb file to point to newly installed binary:

WickedPdf.config = {
  exe_path: '/usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf',
}

You can also do some changes to keep previous behavior on other machines, and use non gem binary only when already installed:

if File.exist?('/usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf')
  binary_path = '/usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf'
else
  binary_path = Gem.bin_path('wkhtmltopdf-binary', 'wkhtmltopdf')
end

WickedPdf.config = {
  exe_path: binary_path,
}
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