Install Selenium Server on OSX

selenium-install.sh

#!/bin/sh

run () {
  RELEASE="2.44"
  PREFIX="/usr/local/lib"
  JAR_URL="http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/${RELEASE}/selenium-server-standalone-${RELEASE}.0.jar"
  PLIST_URL="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/danbruder/f64930d278d999a0d0e7/raw/4b9792774a4d91b22745b6679a42677bded153d3/selenium.plist"

  # Unload running process
  if launchctl list | grep -q "selenium"; then
    echo "unloading old process"
    launchctl unload ${HOME}/Library/LaunchAgents/selenium.plist
  fi

  # Remove old symlinks if need be
  if [ -L "/usr/local/lib/selenium-server.jar" ]; then
    echo "unlinking jar"
    unlink /usr/local/lib/selenium-server.jar
  fi

  # Remove old plist if need be
  if [ -L "${HOME}/Library/LaunchAgents/selenium.plist" ]; then
    echo "unlinking plist"
    unlink ${HOME}/Library/LaunchAgents/selenium.plist
  fi

  # Remove old installation
  if [ -d "${HOME}/.selenium" ]; then
    echo "removing old selenium intall"
    rm -rf ${HOME}/.selenium
  fi

  echo "downloading selenium server"
  mkdir ${HOME}/.selenium
  curl --progress-bar --fail ${JAR_URL} > ${HOME}/.selenium/selenium-server.jar
  curl -s $PLIST_URL > ${HOME}/.selenium/selenium.plist

  # Link to selenium jar file
  echo "linking jar"
  ln -s ${HOME}/.selenium/selenium-server.jar /usr/local/lib/selenium-server.jar

  # Link plist
  echo "linking plist"
  ln -s ${HOME}/.selenium/selenium.plist ${HOME}/Library/LaunchAgents/selenium.plist

  # Load plist
  launchctl load ${HOME}/Library/LaunchAgents/selenium.plist

  echo "You're all set! Selenium is running on port 4444."
}

run

selenium.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>selenium</string>
  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>/usr/bin/java</string>
    <string>-jar</string>
    <string>/usr/local/lib/selenium-server.jar</string>
  </array>
  <key>ServiceDescription</key>
  <string>Selenium Server</string>
  </dict>
</plist>