When you have such versions available: apt-cache policy wkhtmltopdf wkhtmltopdf: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.9.9-4 Version table: 0.12.0-2~bpo70+1 0 100 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-backports/main amd64 Packages 0.9.9-4 0 500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages You can install version with lower priority with: apt-get -t wheezy-backports install wkhtmltopdf