Installing Google Chrome and ChromeDriver in Linux Terminal

 

Installing Google Chrome on Linux

1. Open your terminal and run the following command to update your package list:

sudo apt update

1. Download the Google Chrome package by running this command:

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

1. Install the package by running this command:

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

1. You can start Google Chrome by searching for it in your application menu or by running the following command in the terminal:

google-chrome

Installing ChromeDriver on Linux

1. Open your terminal and download the latest version of ChromeDriver from the official website:

wget https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE

1. Copy the latest version number from the downloaded file, and use it in the following command to download the appropriate ChromeDriver binary:

wget https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/{VERSION}/chromedriver_linux64.zip

1. Extract the downloaded file:

unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip

1. Make the extracted file executable:

chmod +x chromedriver

1. Finally, move the ChromeDriver binary to a location in your PATH so that it can be easily accessed:

sudo mv chromedriver /usr/local/bin/

That's it! You should now be able to use ChromeDriver in your scripts or programs.