While converting an excel to pdf following operations are done
- Read existing excel file.
- Modify cell values of existing excel file.
- Convert output of worksheet to PDF
Here Node.js, LibreOffice, unoconv are used for automated conversion with Ubuntu operating system.
Following are instructions to install Node.js
- Run
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo bash - - Run
sudo apt-get install gcc g++ make - Run
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs - Run
node --version - Run
npm --version
Following are instructions to install LibreOffice
LibreOffice Installation Reference
Run command to add the PPA
- Run
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa - Run
sudo apt-get update - Run
sudo apt-get install libreoffice
Following are instructions to install unoconv
Universal Office Converter (unoconv)
- Run
sudo apt-get install -y unoconv - Run
unoconv --version
Download source code at https://github.com/enishant/excel-to-pdf/
