How To Setup Selenium With ChromeDriver On Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04 & 18.04
This tutorial will help you to install and set up Selenium with ChromeDriver on Ubuntu Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04 & 18.04. This is also applicable for the Linux Mint.
How To Setup Selenium With ChromeDriver On Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04 & 18.04
At first, You need to install required packages on your Ubuntu. Run the following command to install Xvfb (X virtual framebuffer) in Ubuntu.
sudo apt update sudo apt install -y unzip xvfb libxi6 libgconf-2-4
Meanwhile, you also need to have Java installed in your Ubuntu.
sudo apt install default-jdk
Now, Run the following commands to install Google Chrome.
sudo curl -sS -o - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add sudo bash -c "echo 'deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list" sudo apt -y update sudo apt -y install google-chrome-stable
Now, It’s time to install ChromeDriver on your Ubuntu.
Run the following command to find out the Google chrome version installed on your system.
google-chrome --version
Output
Google Chrome 94.0.4606.61
Next, you need to download the matching version of chromedriver with your Google Chrome on your Ubuntu from the Chromedriver download page.
wget https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/94.0.4606.61/chromedriver_linux64.zip unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip
Now, run the following commands to configure ChromeDriver on your Ubuntu.
sudo mv chromedriver /usr/bin/chromedriver sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/chromedriver sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/chromedriver
Download Selenium Server Jar Files
Download the Selenium standalone server jar file using the below commands.
wget https://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/3.141/selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar mv selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar selenium-server-standalone.jar
Also, download the testng-6.8.7.jar file to your system.
wget http://www.java2s.com/Code/JarDownload/testng/testng-6.8.7.jar.zip unzip testng-6.8.7.jar.zip
Now, You need to start Chrome via a standalone selenium server using the Xvfb utility that you have installed in first step.
xvfb-run java -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=/usr/bin/chromedriver -jar selenium-server-standalone.jar
Run the following command if you want to Start Headless ChromeDriver.
chromedriver --url-base=/wd/hub
At this moment,Your Selenium server is now running with Chrome. Let us know if you have any other method to Setup Selenium With ChromeDriver On Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04 & 18.04.
