Dockerfile with chromedriver

Dockerfile

# See https://codeship.com/documentation/docker/browser-testing/
FROM myapp:base

# We need wget to set up the PPA and xvfb to have a virtual screen and unzip to install the Chromedriver
RUN apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip

# Set up the Chrome PPA
RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
RUN echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list

# Update the package list and install chrome
RUN apt-get update -y
RUN apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable

# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION 2.19
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /chromedriver
RUN mkdir $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR

# Download and install Chromedriver
RUN wget -q --continue -P $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip"
RUN unzip $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR/chromedriver* -d $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR

# Put Chromedriver into the PATH
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

@JoaRiski that is brilliant. Was looking for a way line up stable_dev of chrome with chromedriver but for some reason they don't offer anything of the sort. Thanks for adding this!

Could anyone help to modify docker file for chrome and chrome driver install on windows 2016 server

I adapted this to fetch the latest version of chrome driver appropriate for the chrome installation, rather than having a fixed value. Here's the snippet I use for installing:

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list && \
    apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable && \
    CHROMEVER=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") && \
    DRIVERVER=$(curl -s "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROMEVER") && \
    wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$DRIVERVER/chromedriver_linux64.zip" && \
    unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /chromedriver

Thanks @JoaRiski

I adapted this to fetch the latest version of chrome driver appropriate for the chrome installation, rather than having a fixed value. Here's the snippet I use for installing:

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list && \
    apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable && \
    CHROMEVER=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") && \
    DRIVERVER=$(curl -s "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROMEVER") && \
    wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$DRIVERVER/chromedriver_linux64.zip" && \
    unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /chromedriver

Thanks @JoaRiski

I still get an error. Can someone help me with it? @JoaRiski

This is my dockerfile,
`FROM python:3.6

RUN pip install --upgrade pip && pip install pytest && pip install pytest-mock && pip install pytest-smtp && pip install mock
pip install schedule && pip install selenium && pip install Selenium-Screenshot && pip install python-dateutil

COPY src/screenshotcode.py /

RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
RUN echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
RUN apt-get update -y
RUN apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable
RUN apt-get install libxi6 libgconf-2-4 -y

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION 2.19
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /chromedriver
RUN mkdir -p $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR

Download and install Chromedriver

RUN wget -q --continue -P $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip"
RUN unzip $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR/chromedriver* -d $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR

Put Chromedriver into the PATH
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

CMD [ "python", "screenshotcode.py" ]`

This is my python code,

import time
from Screenshot import Screenshot_Clipping
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
from selenium.webdriver import Chrome
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from email_it import email_it
from environmental_variables import environmental_variables
from error_alert_email import error_alert_email
from selenium import webdriver

def screenshot():
    ob=Screenshot_Clipping.Screenshot()
    
    chrome_options = Options()
    
    chrome_options.add_argument('--start-maximized')    
    chrome_options.add_argument('--start-fullscreen')
    chrome_options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
    chrome_options.add_argument('--headless')
    chrome_options.add_argument('--disable-gpu')
    
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = '$CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH')

    print('taking screenshot...')
    img_url=ob.full_Screenshot(driver, path = path, image_name = label)

    print('closing driver...')    
    driver.close()

screenshot()

Did you try it with the example provided in a single RUN block instead of being spread across multiple?

Hi guys, I'm trying to use the single RUN but I'm facing this error:

`debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
Configuring tzdata

Please select the geographic area in which you live. Subsequent configuration
questions will narrow this down by presenting a list of cities, representing
the time zones in which they are located.

1. Africa 6. Asia 11. System V timezones
2. America 7. Atlantic Ocean 12. US
3. Antarctica 8. Europe 13. None of the above
4. Australia 9. Indian Ocean
5. Arctic Ocean 10. Pacific Ocean
   Geographic area: 12
   `
   After selecting the Area the build process is frozen
   I'm using the UBUNTU 20.04 image

FROM public.ecr.aws/ubuntu/ubuntu:20.04

@rootlinux I literally have not used github public in so long but I was running into the same issue trying to install chrome in my Dockerfile. Below is what fixed it for me.

# Set up timezone for google-chrom-stable question
ENV TZ=US
RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone

Hopefully this helps!

@JoaRiski that is brilliant. Was looking for a way line up stable_dev of chrome with chromedriver but for some reason they don't offer anything of the sort. Thanks for adding this!

+1 - thank you!

pull access denied for myapp, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login'
I got that error , what should i do ?

Were you able to fix this issue?
I am also getting same error

I adapted this to fetch the latest version of chrome driver appropriate for the chrome installation, rather than having a fixed value. Here's the snippet I use for installing:

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list && \
    apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable && \
    CHROMEVER=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") && \
    DRIVERVER=$(curl -s "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROMEVER") && \
    wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$DRIVERVER/chromedriver_linux64.zip" && \
    unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /chromedriver

This works perfectly !!! 🚀
Thank you so much @JoaRiski

I need this code for GCP as app engine that automatically run the chrome driver as Docker . I put this code but still has error. what should I put the path for chrome driver?

@robertkhaldar I am having the same issue, I am able to run the dockerfile and I reference the path (/usr/local/bin/chromedriver) in webdriver.ChromeOptions(). I still receive a "Error: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://chromedriver.chromium.org/home" when executing in my function app.

uname -a local 21.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.1.0: Wed Oct 13 17:33:24 PDT 2021; root:xnu-8019.41.5~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101 arm64
my app FROM python:3.9
all code similar, but i get executor failed running [/bin/sh -c apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip]: exit code: 100 cause of missing apt-get update before
ok, thats fine and easy fixable, but i get Unable to locate package google-chrome-stable

---

upd
fixed that using --platform linux/x86_64

this works in my case, FROM python:3.9-slim-bullseye with Debian 11 and Python 3.9.9 and I'm using https://github.com/mherrmann/selenium-python-helium

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - &&  \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list && \
    apt-get update -qqy &&  \
    apt-get -qqy install \
      ${CHROME_VERSION:-google-chrome-stable} &&  \
    rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list &&  \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/cache/apt/*

ARG CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION
RUN if [ -z "$CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION" ]; \
  then CHROME_MAJOR_VERSION=$(google-chrome --version | sed -E "s/.* ([0-9]+)(\.[0-9]+){3}.*/\1/") \
    && CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION=$(wget --no-verbose -O - "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_${CHROME_MAJOR_VERSION}"); \
  fi \
  && echo "Using chromedriver version: "$CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION \
  && wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chromedriver_linux64.zip https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip \
  && rm -rf /opt/selenium/chromedriver \
  && unzip /tmp/chromedriver_linux64.zip -d /opt/selenium \
  && rm /tmp/chromedriver_linux64.zip \
  && mv /opt/selenium/chromedriver /opt/selenium/chromedriver-$CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION \
  && chmod 755 /opt/selenium/chromedriver-$CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION \
  && ln -fs /opt/selenium/chromedriver-$CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION /usr/bin/chromedriver

Guys, this works for me.

FROM python:3.10.2-bullseye

RUN apt-get update -y
# We need wget to set up the PPA and xvfb to have a virtual screen and unzip to install the Chromedriver
RUN apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip
# Set up the Chrome PPA
RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
RUN echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
# Update the package list and install chrome
RUN apt-get update -y
RUN apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable
# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION 97.0.4692.71
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /chromedriver
RUN mkdir $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
# Download and install Chromedriver
RUN wget -q --continue -P $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip"
RUN unzip $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR/chromedriver* -d $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
# Put Chromedriver into the PATH
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

To achieve the proper Google Chrome/chromedriver combination, you'll want to heed the instructions on this page: https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads/version-selection

Basically, you'll want to get the latest Chrome and install it, then get the product version from that Chrome installation (google-chrome -product-version), use that version information to build the URL to get the correct chromedriver version information from chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com, allowing you to build the specific download URL for the correct chromedriver version.

@Amogh Katwe
did you get a solutionn ?!

Guys, this works for me.

FROM python:3.10.2-bullseye

RUN apt-get update -y
# We need wget to set up the PPA and xvfb to have a virtual screen and unzip to install the Chromedriver
RUN apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip
# Set up the Chrome PPA
RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
RUN echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
# Update the package list and install chrome
RUN apt-get update -y
RUN apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable
# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION 97.0.4692.71
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /chromedriver
RUN mkdir $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
# Download and install Chromedriver
RUN wget -q --continue -P $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip"
RUN unzip $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR/chromedriver* -d $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
# Put Chromedriver into the PATH
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

@lane-eb Thank you

This ^^ approach will not work for the long term. If you were to install Google Chrome on most platforms today, your version would be 101.xxx.xxx.xxx -- a version 97 chromedriver won't work with today's Chrome without having to re-determine the chromedriver version and update the Dockerfile accordingly.

Currently, I do this:

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list && \
    apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable && \
    CHROME_VERSION=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") && \
    CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROME_VERSION") && \
    wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip" && \
    unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /usr/local/bin/

It has worked consistently for several months over several Chrome updates.

This ^^ approach will not work for the long term. If you were to install Google Chrome on most platforms today, your version would be 101.xxx.xxx.xxx -- a version 97 chromedriver won't work with today's Chrome without having to re-determine the chromedriver version and update the Dockerfile accordingly.

Currently, I do this:

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list && \
    apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable && \
    CHROME_VERSION=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") && \
    CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROME_VERSION") && \
    wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip" && \
    unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /usr/local/bin/

It has worked consistently for several months over several Chrome updates.

Thank You @mnaumann-plenty, saved my day.

This is up to date version what worked for me with ruby container as it sets correct path with: /usr/local/bin/
Now in container chromedriver responds to: chromedriver -v
And updated it a bit https://gist.github.com/Faq/8821c5fd18dd01da4f80d7435158096d

No longer works, i get this error:

#6 85.98 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
#6 85.99 gpg: keyring '/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/google.gpg' created
#6 85.99 gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
#6 85.99 gpg: Total number processed: 0

Nono, dude @KexoTV

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list && \
    apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable && \
    CHROME_VERSION=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") && \
    CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROME_VERSION") && \
    wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip" && \
    unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /usr/local/bin/

its work anyway,

this works ty

Nono, dude @KexoTV

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list && \
    apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable && \
    CHROME_VERSION=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") && \
    CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROME_VERSION") && \
    wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip" && \
    unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /usr/local/bin/

its work anyway,

Nono, dude @KexoTV

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list && \
    apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable && \
    CHROME_VERSION=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") && \
    CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROME_VERSION") && \
    wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip" && \
    unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /usr/local/bin/

its work anyway,

No longer works for me:

 => [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile                                                                                                                                            0.0s
 => => transferring dockerfile: 1.79kB                                                                                                                                                          0.0s
 => [internal] load .dockerignore                                                                                                                                                               0.0s
 => => transferring context: 35B                                                                                                                                                                0.0s
 => [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/python:3.10                                                                                                                                  1.2s
 => CACHED [ 1/11] FROM docker.io/library/python:3.10@sha256:e9c35537103a2801a30b15a77d4a56b35532c964489b125ec1ff24f3d5b53409                                                                   0.0s
 => => resolve docker.io/library/python:3.10@sha256:e9c35537103a2801a30b15a77d4a56b35532c964489b125ec1ff24f3d5b53409                                                                            0.0s
 => [internal] load build context                                                                                                                                                               0.0s
 => => transferring context: 1.17kB                                                                                                                                                             0.0s
 => ERROR [ 2/11] RUN apt-get update &&     apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends &&     wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-k  4.7s
------                                                                                                                                                                                               
 > [ 2/11] RUN apt-get update &&     apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends &&     wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - &&     echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list &&     apt-get update -y &&     apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable &&     CHROME_VERSION=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") &&     CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROME_VERSION") &&     wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip" &&     unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /usr/local/bin/:             
#5 0.269 Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease [116 kB]                                                                                                                              
#5 0.337 Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security InRelease [48.4 kB]
#5 0.358 Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates InRelease [44.1 kB]
#5 0.410 Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main arm64 Packages [8071 kB]
#5 1.744 Get:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security/main arm64 Packages [182 kB]
#5 1.769 Get:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates/main arm64 Packages [2604 B]
#5 2.391 Fetched 8464 kB in 2s (3813 kB/s)
#5 2.391 Reading package lists...
#5 2.658 Reading package lists...
#5 2.919 Building dependency tree...
#5 2.991 Reading state information...
#5 3.074 curl is already the newest version (7.74.0-1.3+deb11u3).
#5 3.074 gnupg is already the newest version (2.2.27-2+deb11u2).
#5 3.074 unzip is already the newest version (6.0-26+deb11u1).
#5 3.074 wget is already the newest version (1.21-1+deb11u1).
#5 3.074 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
#5 3.113 Warning: apt-key is deprecated. Manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d instead (see apt-key(8)).
#5 3.685 OK
#5 3.759 Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease
#5 3.777 Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security InRelease
#5 3.804 Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates InRelease
#5 3.912 Get:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease [1811 B]
#5 4.029 Fetched 1811 B in 0s (5594 B/s)
#5 4.029 Reading package lists...
#5 4.289 Reading package lists...
#5 4.543 Building dependency tree...
#5 4.611 Reading state information...
#5 4.657 E: Unable to locate package google-chrome-stable

Update: I dug into the problem a little bit more and figured out that the command only does not work on my Docker instance running on my M1 Mac. I guess it has to do with this?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1383789/install-chrome-on-ubuntu-debian-with-arm64

The command still works on docker instances on other devices. 👍

@bjarneschroeder :
That seems likely. You can likely locally amend the solution to be geared toward Chromium, specifically these two lines:

    apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable && \
    CHROME_VERSION=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") && \

...having the first of the two install Chromium and the second to use the Chromium executable to yield the product version. I haven't explored this locally but exchanging Chromium for Chrome ought to work.

I adapted this to fetch the latest version of chrome driver appropriate for the chrome installation, rather than having a fixed value. Here's the snippet I use for installing:

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list && \
    apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable && \
    CHROMEVER=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") && \
    DRIVERVER=$(curl -s "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROMEVER") && \
    wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$DRIVERVER/chromedriver_linux64.zip" && \
    unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /chromedriver

@JoaRiski Epic. Thank you for sharing.

If you have M1 Mac, you have to build with docker build --platform linux/amd64 ....

You can get the latest ChromeDriver version number with the following command chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE:

RUN DRIVER_VERSION=$(curl -sS chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE) && \
wget https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$DRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip && \
unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip -d /usr/bin/ && rm chromedriver_linux64.zip && chmod +x /usr/bin/chromedriver

Yes, that's true. The point is that the Chrome browser and chromedriver need to be compatible. Simply grabbing the latest of both does not absolutely guarantee that.

https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads/version-selection