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Quality Assurance Introduction to Selenium Test Drive Selenium Installation

Posted by Shaquilla Johnson
Shaquilla Johnson
1,301 Points

Unable to install Chrome Driver - error code ELIFECYCLE

No matter where I install it, wither in my root, or my project folder, I get the same error.

ChromeDriver binary exists. Validating... ChromeDriver is already available at '/tmp/81.0.4044.69/chromedriver/chromedriver'. Copying to target path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/chromedriver/lib/chromedriver ChromeDriver installation failed Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/chromedriver/lib/chromedriver' at Object.mkdirSync (fs.js:841:3) at copyIntoPlace (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/chromedriver/install.js:289:6) at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5) at async install (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/chromedriver/install.js:63:5) { errno: -13, syscall: 'mkdir', code: 'EACCES', path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/chromedriver/lib/chromedriver' } npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! chromedriver@81.0.0 install: node install.js npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the chromedriver@81.0.0 install script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

No idea what this means.

I've attempted clearing the cache. Attempted to reinstall npm and node.

Any ideas will be great... I'm stumped at the first hurdle!

2 Answers

Beau Genereux
Beau Genereux
5,362 Points
Beau Genereux
Beau Genereux
5,362 Points

I had to install it manually after much uninstalling and reinstalling of packages.. Not sure if other steps in my troubleshooting helped but doing it manually ended being the solution for me: https://www.swtestacademy.com/install-chrome-driver-on-mac/

Bethany Joy
Bethany Joy
3,616 Points

I also had to install it manually. These Windows instructions worked for me: http://jonathansoma.com/lede/foundations-2018/classes/selenium/selenium-windows-install/

Shaquilla Johnson
Shaquilla Johnson
1,301 Points
Shaquilla Johnson
Shaquilla Johnson
1,301 Points

I found this --- and it worked !

npm install chromedriver --chromedriver-force-download

no idea if this is the favorable option but its allowed me to proceed so I'll take it :)

Dias Looterman
Dias Looterman
716 Points

did not work for me.... any other ideas?