Yes, indirectly through embedded libraries.
The information below suggests that that the QT library is statically embedded in the binary. Running the binary with strace, reveals that it indeed tries to load Xorg libraries because those are not statically linked in the QT libraries. In other words, some of the statically linked libraries (most likely QT) have dependencies of their own. At least that's what I think.
wkhhtmltopdf wiki - compilation:
Before you can compile wkhtmltopdf you need to have QT installed, again you have two options: You can install the QT from your distribution, this will be fast but your wkhtmltopdf build will not have all the features of the static build, or you can compile QT your self, this takes a long time but you will get all the features.
wkhtmltopdf wiki - static (faq):
- I'm using the static binary but the fonts are wrong, squares or all black?
This is most likely because you do not have X11 installed or not the right X11 fonts
QtGui depends on Xorg & Co:
# qlist qtgui |grep lib.*\.so | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' |column
libqtiff.so libQtScriptTools.so.4
libqjpeg.so libQtDesignerComponents.so.4.8
libqico.so libQtGui.so
libqgif.so libQtScriptTools.so
libqimsw-multi.so libQtGui.so.4
libqtaccessiblewidgets.so libQtDesigner.so
libQtDesigner.so.4.8.4 libQtDesignerComponents.so.4
libQtGui.so.4.8.4 libQtGui.so.4.8
libQtDesigner.so.4 libQtDesigner.so.4.8
libQtScriptTools.so.4.8.4 libQtScriptTools.so.4.8
libQtDesignerComponents.so.4.8.4 libQtDesignerComponents.so
(>>> depend on)
# qlist qtgui |grep lib.*\.so |xargs -L1 ldd | awk '{print $1}'| sort -u|column
libbz2.so.1 libpthread.so.0 libxcb.so.1
libc.so.6 libQtCore.so.4 libXcursor.so.1
libdl.so.2 libQtDesigner.so.4 libXdmcp.so.6
libexpat.so.1 libQtGui.so.4 libXext.so.6
libfontconfig.so.1 libQtScript.so.4 libXfixes.so.3
libfreetype.so.6 libQtXml.so.4 libXinerama.so.1
libgcc_s.so.1 librt.so.1 libXi.so.6
libglib-2.0.so.0 libSM.so.6 libXrandr.so.2
libICE.so.6 libstdc++.so.6 libXrender.so.1
libjpeg.so.8 libtiff.so.3 libz.so.1
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 libuuid.so.1 linux-gate.so.1
libm.so.6 libX11.so.6
libpng15.so.15 libXau.so.6
Also, I compiled the program from the repository of my distro (dynamic) and the differences between openStatic and openDynamic are:
# function openStatic { strace ./wkhtmltoimage/static/wkhtmltoimage-i386 \
|& grep 'open.*3' |sort | grep -o '/[^"]*' ;}
# openStatic
/etc/ld.so.cache /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
/lib/libbz2.so.1 /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
/lib/libc.so.6 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
/lib/libdl.so.2 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6
/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1
/lib/libm.so.6 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6
/lib/libpthread.so.0 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6
/lib/librt.so.1 /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1
/lib/libz.so.1
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.3/libstdc++.so.6
------ Statically embedded libraries ------ --- Dynamically linked dependencies ---
1 l/ld-linux.so.2 1 ul/libk5crypto.so.3 2 /etc/ld.so.cache
1 l/libcom_err.so.2 1 ul/libkrb5.so.3 2 /lib/libbz2.so.1
1 l/libkeyutils.so.1 1 ul/libkrb5support.so.0 2 /lib/libc.so.6
1 l/libresolv.so.2 1 ul/liborc-0.4.so.0 2 /lib/libdl.so.2
1 l/libuuid.so.1 1 ul/libpng15.so.15 2 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
1 ul/gconv/gconv-modules.cache 1 ul/libSM.so.6 2 /lib/libm.so.6
1 ul/gconv/UTF-16.so 1 ul/libsqlite3.so.0 2 /lib/libpthread.so.0
1 ul/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 1 ul/libssl.so.1.0.0 2 /lib/librt.so.1
1 ul/libffi.so.5 1 ul/libwkhtmltox.so.0 2 /lib/libz.so.1
1 ul/libglib-2.0.so.0 1 ul/libXcursor.so.1 2 ul/gcc/.../libstdc++.so.6
1 ul/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 1 ul/libXfixes.so.3 2 ul/libexpat.so.1
1 ul/libgobject-2.0.so.0 1 ul/libXinerama.so.1 2 ul/libfontconfig.so.1
1 ul/libgstapp-0.10.so.0 1 ul/libXi.so.6 2 ul/libfreetype.so.6
1 ul/libgstbase-0.10.so.0 1 ul/libxml2.so.2 2 ul/libX11.so.6
1 ul/libgstinterfaces-0.10.so.0 1 ul/libXrandr.so.2 2 ul/libXau.so.6
1 ul/libgstpbutils-0.10.so.0 1 ul/qt4/libQtCore.so.4 2 ul/libxcb.so.1
1 ul/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 1 ul/qt4/libQtGui.so.4 2 ul/libXdmcp.so.6
1 ul/libgstvideo-0.10.so.0 1 ul/qt4/libQtNetwork.so.4 2 ul/libXext.so.6
1 ul/libgthread-2.0.so.0 1 ul/qt4/libQtSvg.so.4 2 ul/libXrender.so.1
1 ul/libICE.so.6 1 ul/qt4/libQtWebKit.so.4
more info:
static linking
your question on SO (duplicate, wink-wink)
