Some of the pre-requisites has to be setup to execute the Selenium WebDriver tests with chromedriver on Linux
Download the following Softwares before starting to write tests in eclipse.
- Download Google Chrome – Chrome for Linux
- Download ChromeDriver – ChromeDriver for Linux
Install the Google Chrome on the Linux ennvironment by using the following methods:
- Double click or use rpm command if the package is “.rpm” (am currently using Fedora) to install the google chrome
- Use apt-get / YUM command to download and then install the package for different Linux flavors accordingly
Executing ChromeDriver Server:
- Inside /home/${user} – create a new directory “ChromeDriver”
- Unzip the downloaded chromedriver into this folder
- Using chmod +x filename or chmod 777 filename make the file executable
- Go to the folder using cd command
- Execute the chrome driver with ./chromedriver command
- Now the chromedriver will start executing in the 9515 port
[seetaram@Linux chromedriver]$ ./chromedriver Started ChromeDriver port=9515 version=14.0.836.0
Above is the output of the chromedriver server executing in Linux terminal.
After the above is accomplished, try to setup the test on the eclipse
- Download the Selenium server 2.0
- Download JUnit
- Unzip both the files and configure them to build path in the eclipse
- Write the test code as below in the Eclipse – Java file
package com.selftechy.wdriver; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.net.*; import org.junit.*; import org.junit.runner.RunWith; import org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner; import org.openqa.selenium.*; import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverService; import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities; import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver; public class ChromeRemoteDriver { public static void main(String []args) throws MalformedURLException{ new DesiredCapabilities(); URL serverurl = new URL("http://localhost:9515"); DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome(); WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(serverurl,capabilities); driver.get("http://www.google.com"); WebElement searchEdit = driver.findElement(By.name("q")); searchEdit.sendKeys("Selftechy on google"); searchEdit.submit(); } }
Now, try to execute the code by clicking Run As –> JUnit Test. It should be executing the test to the completion.
Thank you very much. That was great tip. It pointed me to the right direction. My only ask is to add more detail on how to configure and setup the chromedriver on eclipse. I believe you have to set the system property but how.
Your last line creating confusion “try to execute the code by clicking Run As –> JUnit Test. It should be executing the test to the completion”. Change it as “Java Application” or change the code in junit.
You are misunderstanding… If you are trying to run JUnit test then you should use RunAs –> JUnit Test, If it is a Java program with main() method then you should use “Java Application”
Thanks for this. But i am getting an error that The driver is not executable, when i try to run the code on bamboo.
Hi,
Chrome : version : 63.0.3239.84 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Chromedriver : 2.34
Selenium server : 3.7.1
still unable to execute, getting the below error
Could someone please help me in resolving the issue. struggling and searching for answer from many days.
Starting ChromeDriver 2.34.522913 (8a88bbe0775e2a23afda0ceaf2ef7ee74e822cc5) on port 11458
Only local connections are allowed.
Exception in thread “main” org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.34.522913
(8a88bbe0775e2a23afda0ceaf2ef7ee74e822cc5),platform=Linux
4.10.0-28-generic x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any
stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 60.10 seconds
Hi Divya,
There is some issue with the Chrome. Try to update the chrome to latest version. Wherever you get this error, at that point in the code try to wait for some time. I mean use some sleep time. That should solve your problem.
Please Update your chrome browser to latest version these is due to dependency of previous versions
I am a little confused. We started the web driver in Linux. But the second part talking about eclipse is running on windows? Or you are talking about running on Linux desktop?
Hi,
I am not able to run selenium scripts in linux machine.
chrome version: 77
Driver version: 77
I am executing below code in windows and its working but same when I execute in linux machine its not working.
I have changed chrome driver path(I have set the path where it is)
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args){
WebDriver driver = null;
try {
System.setProperty(“webdriver.chrome.driver”, “C:\\Users\\vinodkumar.patil\\Documents\\Selenium jars\\chromedriver\\chromedriver.exe”);
driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.get(“https://gryphon.datagenic.net/app/”);
System.out.println(driver.getTitle());
}
catch(Exception e)
{
}
}
}
POM.XML
4.0.0
DemoCucumberMavan
DemoCucumberMavan
0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
jar
DemoCucumberMavan
http://maven.apache.org
UTF-8
info.cukes
cucumber-java
1.2.5
test
info.cukes
cucumber-jvm-deps
1.0.5
test
info.cukes
cucumber-testng
1.2.5
compile
junit
junit
org.testng
testng
6.9.8
test
net.masterthought
cucumber-reporting
3.8.0
org.seleniumhq.selenium
selenium-remote-driver
3.0.0-beta2
com.squareup.okio
okio
1.0.0
org.seleniumhq.selenium
selenium-java
2.53.1
org.seleniumhq.selenium
selenium-support
2.53.1
com.google.code.gson
gson
2.8.6
junit
junit
4.12
test
org.jetbrains.kotlin
kotlin-stdlib
1.3.50
com.vimalselvam
cucumber-extentsreport
3.1.1
com.aventstack
extentreports
4.0.0
org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-resources-plugin
2.4
org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-surefire-plugin
2.14.1
testng.xml
net.masterthought
maven-cucumber-reporting
3.8.0
execution
verify
generate
DemoCucumberMavan
target/cucumber-reports/advanced-reports
target/cucumber-reports/CucumberTestReport.json
1
false
Please suggest me if I am missing any steps.
Thanks in advance.
When running the above demo, I’m getting:
“`
May 13, 2022 11:51:26 PM org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities chrome
Exception in thread “main” org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: chrome not reachable
Build info: version: ‘3.141.59’, revision: ‘e82be7d358’, time: ‘2018-11-14T08:25:53’
“`
Why is that and how to fix? Thanks!