---
- name: install base fonts
  yum:
    name:
      - libXrender
      - libXext
      - xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi
      - xorg-x11-fonts-Type1
    state: present
  when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'

- name: install base fonts
  apt:
    pkg:
      - libxrender1
      - libxext6
      - xfonts-75dpi
      - xfonts-base
    state: present
    force: yes
  when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'

# wkhtmltopdf has been locked down to 0.12.3 intentionally since 0.12.4 has problems.
# I you want to upgrade try it on multiple platforms and then decide
- name: download wkthmltox linux
  get_url: url=https://github.com/frappe/wkhtmltopdf/raw/master/wkhtmltox-0.12.3_linux-generic-{{ "amd64" if ansible_architecture == "x86_64" else "i386"}}.tar.xz dest=/tmp/wkhtmltox.tar.xz

- name: Creates directory
  file: path=/tmp/wkhtmltox state=directory

- name: unarchive wkhtmltopdf
  unarchive: src=/tmp/wkhtmltox.tar.xz dest=/tmp

- name: copy to /usr/local/bin
  copy: src="/tmp/wkhtmltox/bin/wkhtmltopdf" dest="/usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf"
  become: true
  become_user: root

- name: make wkhtmltopdf executable
  file: path=/usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf mode="o+x"
  become: true
  become_user: root
...