How to install Selenium WebDriver on Mac OS

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How to install Selenium WebDriver on Mac OS X 10.7.5 supporting Chrome, Firefox and safari ? What I have to set, where to install.

This post is currently the top hit on a Google search for "install selenium mac," so here's an updated link (the one above appears to be broken): https://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/installation.html — Jaime, Sep 09 '17 at 22:20

score 222 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 11 '22 at 10:22

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Install

If you use homebrew (which I recommend), you can install selenium using:

brew install selenium-server

Running

updated -port port_number

To run selenium, do: selenium-server -port 4444

For more options: selenium-server -help

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answered Feb 21 '15 at 00:40

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To start selenium automatically: `brew services start selenium-server-standalone` – Jimothy Jan 16 '19 at 22:51
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Best answer to date – Pulkit Jan 24 '19 at 00:47
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How to specify chromedriver path using this fomulae? – Lê Thái Phúc Quang Aug 15 '20 at 12:05
To run selenium, do: `selenium-server standalone --port 4444` – h q Mar 13 '23 at 17:56

score 35 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 29 '15 at 01:42

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Mac already has Python and a package manager called easy_install, so open Terminal and type

sudo easy_install selenium

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answered May 31 '14 at 14:36

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This works but assumes that you want to run Selenium with Python. If that is what you want see http://damien.co/resources/how-to-install-selenium-2-mac-os-x-python-7391 Typically I think what people are looking for though is how to run the Selenium Standalone Server from the command line so it is available use by other scripts. – chrowe Jun 14 '16 at 13:04
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If you need to uninstall the python version of selenium: 1. sudo easy_install -m selenium 2. sudo rm -rf /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/selenium-3.11.0-py2.7.egg (file name may vary, depending on version) – Red Rooster Mar 20 '18 at 01:58

score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 29 '15 at 01:43

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To use the java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.45.0.jar command-line tool you need to install a JDK. You need to download and install the JDK and the standalone selenium server.

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answered Apr 06 '15 at 20:48

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This is what I was looking for but it is not clear where to get the jar file from. The current version on http://www.seleniumhq.org/download/ does not seem to work for me running OS X 10.11.5 El Capitan. This guide worked though: http://damien.co/resources/how-to-get-started-selenium-2-mac-os-x-java-7403 – chrowe Jun 14 '16 at 16:56

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 07 '13 at 16:04

First up you need to download Selenium jar files from http://www.seleniumhq.org/download/. Then you'd need an IDE, something like IntelliJ or Eclipse. Then you'll have to map your jar files to those IDEs. Then depending on which language/framework you choose, you'll have to download the relevant library files, for example, if you're using JUnit you'll have to download Junit 4.11 jar file. Finally don't forget to download the drivers for Chrome and Safari (firefox driver comes standard with selenium). Once done, you can start coding and testing your code with the browser of your choice.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 25 '22 at 22:05

I installed Selenium web driver (for Chrome) by first:

downloading the appropriate web driver from here.
then navigated to mac's folder /usr/local/bin and pasted the downloaded web driver there.
Afterwards just ran the file there by double clicking it.

The file was installed there so that we do not have to specify the WebDriver path when instantiating the browser. For more detailed walkthrough, you can reference from here.

How to install Selenium WebDriver on Mac OS

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