Trying to use Selenium with Chrome in a python script.
I get the following error:
WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home
I know the location of the chromedriver executable.
How do I add it to the PATH?
thank you
You can specify the absolute path to your chrome driver in your script as such:
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='/path/to/driver/chromedriver')
Or you can add the path to your webdriver in the PATH system variable as so:
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/driver/chrome-driver
You may add the above line to your /home/<user>/.profile file to make it permanent.
Tested on Ubuntu 17.10 running Python 2.7.14
Hope this helps!
The solution posted by #AnythingIsFine is indeed correct.
However in my case my pytest was still unable to find the chromedriver (despite it was correctly added to the PATH and from the terminal I could execute it).
So I've solved by adding an alias of the chromedriver in the /usr/bin directory:
sudo ln -s /path/to/chromedriver /usr/bin
Move Chromedriver to path with:
sudo mv -f ~/chromedriver /usr/local/bin/chromedriver
/usr/local/bin/chromedriver is path.
For selenium framework (python or java), Browser driver(chrome/firefox/ etc.) should be saved on the Path " /usr/local/bin/chromedriver & /usr/bin/chromedriver"
For Chrome Driver Link : https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads
go to the link and download the chrome driver for corresponding OS.
Linux:
Open the terminal on the Saved/downloaded directory then enter the command
"sudo mv /path/to/chromedriver /usr/bin"
"sudo mv /path/to/chromedriver /usr/local/bin"
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I have a 'hello world' test to open a browser using firefox.
The test runs fine on the commandline ($ robot hai_world.robot).
But it fails when I run the test in RIDE. It reports:
WebDriverException: Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH.
Does RIDE have its own PATH-setting?
It runs on ubuntu 20.04 in RIDE v2.0b1 on Python 3.8.10
Because your geckodriver is in a location defined in PATH only for your user, RIDE does not know of this when started from the shortcut.
I see (at least) two options to fix this:
Create a link to geckodriver in a global PATH location, for example:
sudo ln -s /home/hobijn/.local/share/WebDriverManager/bin/geckodriver /usr/local/bin/geckodriver
Modify the launcher script of RIDE to have PATH updated:
export PATH=$PATH:/home/hobijn/.local/share/WebDriverManager/bin ; python3 -m robotide.__init__ $*
I started learning selenium, and when I ran this code...
from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Firefox()
print(type(browser))
When I ran that code, I got this error - Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH.
How can I fix this error? I'm working on Firefox 64bit, and my Selenium Version is '3.141.0'.
gekodriver is detected in the 3 following ways.
1. Using environment variable PATH
Add the absolute path to the gekodriver directory into the environmental variable PATH.
export PATH=PATH:/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT_DIRECTORY_OF/gekodriver
2. Current directory
Keep the gekodriver executable in the current directory where the Python script is being executed from.
3. Passed as executable_path
For example,
webdriver.Firefox(executable_path="c:\\gekodriver.exe")
The error is fixed, I just put the geckodriver.exe into the Python39 folder and it works now perfectly!
I have jenkins which is running on Linux box and Whenever I tried to run the below script its failing and says the driver is not executable.
java.lang.IllegalStateException: The driver is not executable: /COMPLIANCE-48/workspace/AutoProfile_Exec/Driver/chromedriver
at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState(Preconditions.java:199)
Code:
String getLocation=System.getProperty("chromePath");
ChromeOptions chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
chromeOptions.addArguments("--headless");
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver",getLocation);
WebDriver iDriver = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);
The below is mvn command:
-U clean compile exec:java -DchromePath="${WORKSPACE}/Driver/chromedriver"
Actually I have placed the chromedriver in that specific path and passing it as an argument. But not sure why it's saying driver is not executable.
In linux and mac machines, we don't have the exe files like we have in windows so you need to make the driver executable by using the chmod +x command. Please go to the path where chromedriver is present and then execute the chmod +x command.
In your case it should be:
cd /COMPLIANCE-48/workspace/AutoProfile_Exec/Driver
chmod +x chromedriver
After running the above commands, try to run the code, it would work then.
Adding to #Sameer Arora answer, if his solution doesn't solve the problem then try to change -DchromePath to -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver like below:
-U clean compile exec:java -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver="${WORKSPACE}/Driver/chromedriver"
And make sure that the chromedriver is a executable driver file and not a directory or something else.
Check Mac OSX - IllegalStateException: The driver is not executable: for more information.
Trying to install Cytoscape program on linux cytoscape. And I don't know how because first install button transfers me to HTML page and nothing is downloadable. (I have java installed). I tried to download tar.gz file but I am stuck, because there is no configure file and it says I have no permission for it. What should I do?
Once java 11 is installed on your computer try this:
ctrl+alt+T #open Ubuntu's console
cd /home/fulanita/Downloads #this is the directory where my computer has cytoscape.
chmod +x ./Cytoscape_3_8_1_unix.sh
./Cytoscape_3_8_1_unix.sh #3.8.1 is the last version for Ubuntu
the program will start to install
If anyone comes here in search for an answer I found a solution.
You go to you directory where you keep extracted tar.gz
with cd -Folderdestination/ you locate a folderwhere you keep a file named cytoscape.sh, and with command
sudo sh cytoscape.sh
install the program.
Before you let me know that this is a duplicate, the issue I am facing is that I am running my python code using a jupyter-notebook via an Ubuntu subsystem on Windows.
I have made sure that the path to the folder on Windows where chromedriver is located is correct. However, I am still getting the same error. Further, I am unable to see where my files from the Ubuntu subsystem are (ie, I can't find a folder on Windows with those files).
Anyway in which I can correct this? such as editing the ~/.bashrc file on Ubuntu?
browser = webdriver.Chrome("C:/Users/vr235/Downloads/chromedriver/chromedriver.exe")
Error:
WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver.exe' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home
EDIT:
While a solution was pointed by user DebanjanB and marked as duplicate, I tried the user's suggestion but got the same error.
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
browser = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=chrome_options, executable_path=r'C:\Users\vr235\Downloads\chromedriver\chromedriver.exe')
browser.get("https://www.sciencedirect.com/")
Error:
WebDriverException: Message: 'C:\Users\vr235\Downloads\chromedriver\chromedriver.exe' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home
In case one is using a WSL, one can identify the path where the Chromedriver is present by viewing the mnt folder on WSL.
For instance: My chromedriver path was in the Downloads folder in C:/ drive
Path : /mnt/c/vr235/Users/Downloads/chromedriver.exe
Once you add the same, the above lines of code work perfectly.