printreptopdf command line tool on Linux

printreptopdf (and repwebexe) run on any x86_64 distribution from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (Rocky, Alma, Oracle Linux 8), Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 10 onwards: they are linked against glibc 2.28 and only ask the system for libc, libm, libz and libgcc_s. Tested on Rocky Linux 8 and Ubuntu 26.04.

The report engine loads these libraries at run time, a server without a desktop may lack them: FreeType, HarfBuzz, fontconfig, some fonts and an ICU library between versions 60 and 90.

# Red Hat 8 / 9, Rocky, Alma
sudo dnf install freetype harfbuzz fontconfig dejavu-sans-fonts libicu
# Ubuntu / Debian (the ICU package name carries its version: libicu70, libicu74...)
sudo apt install libfreetype6 libharfbuzz0b libfontconfig1 fonts-dejavu-core libicu74

Without them printreptopdf stops with a message such as Error opening:libfreetype.so.6 or No harfbuzz library found.

For better compatibility use Firedac Drivers. The proper client library must be installed and configured. For example for mysql driver: See instructions of Firedac Driver

Install the libraries listed above. With HarfBuzz and ICU Report Manager handles complex shaping fonts (set bidi property in text elements to enable shaping)
Setup the client library Install the libraries sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient21 Do a symbolic link allow the driver find the library sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient.so.21 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient.so
Setup a .dbxconnections file at the HOME directory. [TEST] DriverName=FireDac DriverId=MYSQL Database=test User_name=root Password=xxx DataSource= CharacterSet= Port=3306 Protocol= SqlDialect=3 RoleName= Server=192.168.1.XX IBAdvanced= DatabaseFile= OSAuthent=
Execute the command: ./printreptopdf yourreport.rep -pdf yourdestination.pdf