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Quick installation of chromium-chromedriver:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: chromium-chromedriver
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install chromium-chromedriver
Package Details | |
| Package: | chromium-chromedriver |
| Version: | 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/ |
| Description: | WebDriver driver for the Chromium Browser Chromedriver serves as a bridge between Chromium Browser and Selenium WebDriver. . See http://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/ChromeDriver for details. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 17.04 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/web |
How to install chromium-chromedriver on Ubuntu 17.04?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If chromium-chromedriver is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L chromium-chromedriver' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L chromium-chromedriver dpkg-query: package 'chromium-chromedriver' is not installed Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing chromium-chromedriver:
After system update use the following command to install chromium-chromedriver:
sudo apt-get install chromium-chromedriver
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove chromium-chromedriver from Ubuntu 17.04?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the chromium-chromedriver from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the chromium-chromedriver following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove chromium-chromedriver
Following command is used to remove the chromium-chromedriver package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove chromium-chromedriver
This will remove chromium-chromedriver and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing chromium-chromedriver with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge chromium-chromedriver
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove chromium-chromedriver
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with chromium-chromedriver package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
