WebDriverException: Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH

Question

os:windows 7 selenium version 3.0.1 mozilla firefox:48.0.2

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\LENOVO\Desktop\kk2.py", line 4, in <module>
  driver = webdriver.Firefox()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\webdriver.py", line 135, in __init__
  self.service.start()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 71, in start
  os.path.basename(self.path), self.start_error_message)
  WebDriverException: Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH.

please give information step by step thoroughly please actually i am learner

you may downgrade your selenium by pip install selenium==2.53.6 — Vinay, Nov 21 '16 at 06:02
Worked for me as well for windows 7. I downgraded the selenium version to 2.53.6. However I could not get the reason why it is not working with selenium version 3.4.2 — Roshni Tiwari, Jun 12 '17 at 06:56
Possible duplicate of [Selenium using Python - Geckodriver executable needs to be in PATH](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40208051/selenium-using-python-geckodriver-executable-needs-to-be-in-path) — Antwane, Jul 26 '17 at 10:15

score 24 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '16 at 12:36

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For Linux based system, download geckodriver. Extract it and copy the driver to /usr/local/bin and finally make it executable (chmod +x geckodriver).

answered Oct 30 '16 at 12:36

ahereza

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score 6 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

please check the answer:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/37765661

https://stackoverflow.com/a/40208762

Shortly,

From selenium 3.0, you have to explicitly download Marionette geckodriver for Firefox (which is similar to ChromeDriver for Chrome) and keep it in a place where the system can identify it. (like System PATH - environmental variables in Windows) or specify using language options.

References:

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 03 '19 at 08:16

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Linux(Ubuntu) Users should download the geckodriver and extract it in your project folder and while running your python script give the argument as

executable_path="./geckodriver"

Example:

from selenium import webdriver

class RunFFTests():

    def testMethod(self):
        # Initiate the driver instance
        driver = webdriver.Firefox(
            executable_path="./geckodriver")

        driver.get("http://www.letskodeit.com")

ff = RunFFTests()
ff.testMethod()

edited Feb 03 '19 at 08:16

Andronicus

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answered Feb 03 '19 at 07:12

Tushar Goyal

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Above is for firefox – Tushar Goyal Feb 03 '19 at 07:14

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 15 '17 at 09:05

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For mac users use:

brew install geckodriver

answered Jun 15 '17 at 09:05

elad silver

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This brew install helped to get over geckoDriver issue – Kumar Basapuram Aug 05 '20 at 04:55

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered May 10 '18 at 05:00

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I just download Gecko file and paste in where your python file is. It solves the problem!

answered May 10 '18 at 05:00

Emily Chen

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Easiest and doesn't much up your variables with junk. – Matt Ralston Jul 30 '18 at 16:21

WebDriverException: Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH

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