dectype4pdf.rst

dectape: Convert to pdf

https://github.com/astefanutti/decktape

https://awesomeopensource.com/project/astefanutti/decktape?categoryPage=29

Installation

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nodejs
sudo npm install -g npm@latest
sudo npm install puppeteer --unsafe-perm
# export PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD='true'  #npm i puppeteer
sudo npm install -g decktape

npm install decktape
`npm bin`/decktape

puppeteer/puppeteer#5656 (comment) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63187371/puppeteer-not-able-to-install-error-failed-to-set-up-chromium-r782078-set-pu

ls -l /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
ls -l /usr/share/keyrings/

rm  /usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list.save

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/541939/whats-going-wrong-with-my-attempt-to-install-upgrade-node-js-in-linux

# Using Ubuntu
curl -k -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_15.x | sudo -E bash -
curl -k -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodej

sudo apt-get remove nodejs npm node
sudo apt-get purge nodejs

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/man/man1/node*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d
sudo rm -rf ~/.npm
sudo rm -rf ~/.node-gyp
sudo rm -rf /opt/local/bin/node
sudo rm -rf opt/local/include/node
sudo rm -rf /opt/local/lib/node_modules

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/include/node*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/node

Instructions

`npm bin`/decktape --slides 1-70 --chrome-path /usr/bin/google-chrome impress http://127.0.0.1:8000/ ~/os922.pdf
decktape --chrome-path /usr/bin/google-chrome impress http://127.0.0.1:8000/ ~/os915.pdf
decktape --slides 1,111-273 --chrome-path /usr/bin/google-chrome impress http://127.0.0.1:8000/ ~/os913.pdf
decktape --slides 1-120 --chrome-path /usr/bin/google-chrome impress http://127.0.0.1:8000/     ~/830.pdf
decktape --slides 1-120 --chrome-path /usr/bin/google-chrome impress http://127.0.0.1:8000/     ~/d/830.pdf
decktape --slides 1-111 --chrome-path /usr/bin/google-chrome impress http://127.0.0.1:8000/     ~/901.pdf
decktape impress http://127.0.0.1:8000/ ~/test/f4.pdf
decktape --chrome-path /usr/bin/google-chrome impress http://127.0.0.1:8000/ ~/test/dectape/f1.pdf
decktape --slides 1,2,3 --chrome-path /usr/bin/google-chrome impress http://127.0.0.1:8000/ ~/test/dectape/f2.pdf
decktape --slides 1,13,116,117 --chrome-path /usr/bin/google-chrome impress http://127.0.0.1:8000/ ~/test/dectape/f3.pdf
decktape --chrome-path /usr/bin/google-chrome impress http://127.0.0.1:8000/ ~/test/dectape/f4.pdf

Errors "decktape" "TimeoutError:" Navigation timeout of 20000 ms exceeded

• https://giters.com/astefanutti/decktape/issues/224
• https://github.com/astefanutti/decktape/blob/9874f9e708b3eebcfa7e3061b591070e395c1fb3/decktape.js#L220
• puppeteer/puppeteer#782
• https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/1106/how-to-solve-puppeteer-timeouterror-navigation-timeout-of-30000-ms-exceeded
• https://www.bountysource.com/teams/decktape/issues
• https://www.barelysignificant.com/IMSB2020/slides/Cours05#/79

Samples

# Capture a single slide
$ decktape --slides 1
# Capture a series of slides
$ decktape --slides 1,3,5
# Capture a range of slides
$ decktape --slides 1-10
# Capture a combination of slides and ranges
$ decktape --slides 1,2,5-10
$ decktape --slides 1,2,5-10 -s 1024x768