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Akshat Zala
Asked: 2020-05-06 19:04:18 +0800 CST

How to add chromedriver to Path in ubuntu?

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I have tried to add the path of chrome driver in Ubuntu 18.04LTS.

  1. How do I put chromedriver in PATH

its located at 

/home/<usr>/Documents/Python/chromedriver

in my laptop

can any one help me with the solution for this?

Thanks in advance.

18.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    After you downloaded und extracted ChromeDriver you have three options.

    • A) Save the file in a directory which is already in PATH

    • B) Save the file at a custom location and add it to PATH

    • C) Save the file at a custom location and create a symlink to the file in one of the directories that are already in PATH

    For the following examples let's assume the extracted file is in ~/Downloads

    Example to A)

    // Move file to a directory that's already in PATH
sudo mv ~/Downloads/chromedriver /usr/local/bin

// Make file executable
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/chromedriver

    Example to B)

    // Move file to a directory that's not in PATH
mv ~/Downloads/chromedriver ~/Documents/Python/ChromeDriver/

// Make file executable
chmod +x ~/Documents/Python/ChromeDriver/chromedriver

// Add directory to PATH
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/Documents/Python/ChromeDriver:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile
source ~/.profile

    Example to C)

    // Move file to a directory that's not in PATH
mv ~/Downloads/chromedriver ~/Documents/Python/ChromeDriver/

// Make file executable
chmod +x ~/Documents/Python/ChromeDriver/chromedriver

// Create a symlink to 'chromedriver' in one of the directories 
// that are already in PATH (e.g. /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin)
sudo ln -s ~/Documents/Python/ChromeDriver/chromedriver /usr/bin/chromedriver

    I hope i could make it clear.

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