prince command not found in container

[dingbo8128]

No next link found!
........

/usr/local/bin/prince: exec: line 3: /usr/local/lib/prince/bin/prince: not found

[adrianbienias]

Same here.

After executing:

docker run --rm -it --init \
  -v $(pwd)/pdf:/app/pdf \
  openbayes/docusaurus-prince-pdf \
  -u https://docusaurus.io/docs/

I'm getting:

...
Got link: https://docusaurus.io/docs/migration/manual
Got link: https://docusaurus.io/docs/migration/versioned-sites
Got link: https://docusaurus.io/docs/migration/translated-sites
No next link found!
Writing buffer (52 links) to ./pdf/docusaurus.io-docs.txt
Generating PDF ./pdf/docusaurus.io-docs.pdf
Executing command: prince --no-warn-css --style=/app/print.css --input-list=./pdf/docusaurus.io-docs.txt -o ./pdf/docusaurus.io-docs.pdf 
Error: Command failed: prince --no-warn-css --style=/app/print.css --input-list=./pdf/docusaurus.io-docs.txt -o ./pdf/docusaurus.io-docs.pdf 
/usr/local/bin/prince: exec: line 3: /usr/local/lib/prince/bin/prince: not found

[hazza203]

Same here

[qarlosalberto]

Same

[kingchun1991]

Does anyone using old verison is working?

[kingchun1991]

Hey guys,

Please use 1.1.1 instead of latest version of the image

 docker run --rm -it --init \
  -v $(pwd)/pdf:/app/pdf \
  -v $(pwd)/fonts:/root/.fonts \
  openbayes/docusaurus-prince-pdf:1.1.1 \
  -u https://docusaurus.io/docs/

[ericroy]

I'm using 1.1.1, but still getting this error.

Output:

docker run --rm -it --init -v "D:/code/redacted/build:/app/pdf:rw" openbayes/docusaurus-prince-pdf:1.1.1 -u http://host.docker.internal:4000
(node:7) ExperimentalWarning: Importing JSON modules is an experimental feature. This feature could change at any time
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
Got link: http://host.docker.internal:4000/docs
Got link: http://host.docker.internal:4000/docs/page1
Got link: http://host.docker.internal:4000/docs/page2
No next link found!
Writing buffer (3 links) to ./pdf/host.docker.internal.txt
Generating PDF ./pdf/host.docker.internal.pdf
Executing command: prince --no-warn-css --style=/app/print.css --input-list=./pdf/host.docker.internal.txt -o ./pdf/host.docker.internal.pdf
Error: Command failed: prince --no-warn-css --style=/app/print.css --input-list=./pdf/host.docker.internal.txt -o ./pdf/host.docker.internal.pdf 
/usr/local/bin/prince: exec: line 3: /usr/local/lib/prince/bin/prince: not found

    at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:398:12)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:527:28)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1092:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:451:11)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:527:28)
    at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:709:12) {
  code: 127,
  killed: false,
  signal: null,
  cmd: 'prince --no-warn-css --style=/app/print.css --input-list=./pdf/host.docker.internal.txt -o ./pdf/host.docker.internal.pdf '
}

[cmsong-shina]

Due to downloading an incompatible version of PrinceXML and a broken dependency, it is not working.

I'm not sure if I should submit a merge request, but the issue can be easily resolved by editing the Dockerfile and building it.

To resolve the problem, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository.
2. Build the Docker image using the provided Dockerfile:

Note that below hard-coded Dockerfile only works on x86_64 machine.

Dockerfile

FROM node:18.4.0-alpine3.15

ENV NODE_ENV=production

WORKDIR /app

COPY . /app

VOLUME /app

ARG TARGETARCH

# https://www.princexml.com/latest/
# https://www.princexml.com/download/prince-14.2-alpine3.13-x86_64.tar.gz -o prince.tar.gz
ARG PRINCE_VER=20220510
ARG DISTRO=linux-generic

RUN echo "Building for $TARGETARCH"

RUN yarn --frozen-lockfile && \
    yarn cache clean


# dependency
RUN apk add  \
    giflib \
    tiff \
    libjpeg \
    libwebp \
    libxml2 \
    libxml2 \
    lcms2 \
    libcrypto3 \
    curl

RUN prince_arch=$([ "$TARGETARCH" == "arm64" ] && echo "aarch64-musl" || echo "x86_64") \
    && curl https://www.princexml.com/download/prince-15.1-alpine3.14-x86_64.tar.gz -o prince.tar.gz \
    && mkdir prince \
    && tar -zxvf prince.tar.gz -C prince --strip-components=1 \
    && rm prince.tar.gz \
    && cd prince \
    && yes "" | ./install.sh

RUN apk add --no-cache \
    terminus-font \
    ttf-inconsolata \
    ttf-dejavu \
    font-croscore \
    font-noto \
    font-noto-extra \
    --repository=https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/

# Install fonts
RUN apk add --no-cache msttcorefonts-installer fontconfig && \
    update-ms-fonts && \
    fc-cache -f && rm -rf /var/cache/*

ENTRYPOINT [ "node", "index.js" ]

Build as dpp

docker build -t dpp .

Then it sould works.

Windows

$outputPath = $pwd.Path.Replace("`n", "").Replace("`r", "") + "/pdf"; `
docker run --rm -it --init `
  -v $outputPath\:/app/pdf `
  dpp `
  -u "https://docusaurus.io/docs/cli"

[sparanoid]

I've updated the prince version. Please let me know if it works for you.

[roddc]

I've updated the prince version. Please let me know if it works for you.

The problem still exists
openbayes/docusaurus-prince-pdf latest fc66f36e7984 4 weeks ago 586MB

[thomasjoscht]

Same problem here. Does this error really exists in 2025? Any solutions?

[puenriquez-axiom]

Same here.