install chromedriver on ubuntu

install chromedriver on ubuntu

# Note: make sure you get the correct chromedriver link for your version of chrome, and that it's a stable release. Check here: https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads
# steps:
# get the file
# unzip it
# move it to /usr/local/bin (or wherever)
# I already added the above to my path. If you haven't, edit your ~/.bashrc or terminal profile of choice, and add `export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH`
# change owner to root
# add executable
# check version...
# done!

# running through the steps:
$: wget https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/84.0.4147.30/chromedriver_linux64.zip
--2020-08-06 12:43:12--  https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/84.0.4147.30/chromedriver_linux64.zip
Resolving chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com (chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com)... 2607:f8b0:4004:811::2010, 172.217.7.240
Connecting to chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com (chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com)|2607:f8b0:4004:811::2010|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 5306126 (5.1M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘chromedriver_linux64.zip’

chromedriver_linux64.zip                 100%[==================================================================================>]   5.06M  10.6MB/s    in 0.5s

2020-08-06 12:43:12 (10.6 MB/s) - ‘chromedriver_linux64.zip’ saved [5306126/5306126]

(venv) dannyk@dannys-ubuntu:~
$: unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip
Archive:  chromedriver_linux64.zip
  inflating: chromedriver
(venv) dannyk@dannys-ubuntu:~
$: ls
chromedriver              Desktop    Downloads         java_error_in_PYCHARM_15257.log  network_restart.sh  PycharmProjects  Videos
chromedriver_linux64.zip  dev        examples.desktop  java_error_in_PYCHARM_34103.log  Pictures            snap
core                      Documents  hosts_backup      Music                            Public              Templates
(venv) dannyk@dannys-ubuntu:~
$: ./chromedriver -v
ChromeDriver 84.0.4147.30 (48b3e868b4cc0aa7e8149519690b6f6949e110a8-refs/branch-heads/4147@{#310})
(venv) dannyk@dannys-ubuntu:~
$: sudo rm /usr/local/bin/chromedriver
(venv) dannyk@dannys-ubuntu:~
$: sudo mv chromedriver /usr/local/bin/chromedriver
(venv) dannyk@dannys-ubuntu:~
$: sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/chromedriver
(venv) dannyk@dannys-ubuntu:~
$: sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/chromedriver
(venv) dannyk@dannys-ubuntu:~
$: chromedriver -v
ChromeDriver 84.0.4147.30 (48b3e868b4cc0aa7e8149519690b6f6949e110a8-refs/branch-heads/4147@{#310})
(venv) dannyk@dannys-ubuntu:~