Mac OSX - IllegalStateException: The driver is not executable:

Question

Im new to Mac OSX. Downloaded my Robotframework(Selenium & Java) project from git and tried to execute the code locally wherein I received the below error.

Suite setup failed: IllegalStateException: The driver is not executable: /Users/roja/Documents/GitHub/testautomation/chromedrivers/chromedriver_osx

To rectify this issue, I followed the below but it didnt work.

Upgraded the selenium-java and standalone version from 2.53.1 to 3.4.0.

Driver path specified to Users/roja/automation

Chromedriver upgraded from 2.31 to 2.33

And the same driver version updated even in the path specified in the exception above.

Also Im unsure why the path is defaulted to /Users/roja/Documents/GitHub/testautomation/chromedrivers/chromedriver_osx.

My git projects are saved in the path usr/local/git/testautomation and chromedriver also saved in the same. please clarify and provide me a solution.

Below code written for launching the browser,

public void LaunchBrowser() throws InterruptedException {
System.setProperty("Webdriver.chrome.driver", "/Users/roja/Automation/chromedriver_osx");
driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
}

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-18T18:16:19.317

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Quick installation of the latest ChromeDriver

To install the latest version of ChromeDriver:

Mac users with Homebrew:

brew tap homebrew/cask && brew cask install chromedriver

Original answered Nov 15 '17 at 12:04

The error IllegalStateException: The driver is not executable: /Users/roja/Documents/GitHub/testautomation/chromedrivers/chromedriver_osx says it all. You have to make exactly 4 changes as follows :

Change Webdriver.chrome.driver as :
```
webdriver.chrome.driver
```
Change /Users/roja/Automation/chromedriver_osx as we need to include the name of the webdriver binary i.e. chromedriver as a value :
```
/Users/roja/Automation/chromedriver_osx/chromedriver
```
Change driver = new ChromeDriver(); as :
```
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
```
Remove unwanted throws InterruptedException to keep your code short and simple.

edited Jul 18 '20 at 18:16

answered Nov 15 '17 at 12:04

undetected Selenium

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Thanks a lot @DebanjanB . Followed the 1st change and it worked. Such a silly i did. Thanks a lot again. – Roja Nov 15 '17 at 12:31
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Nice expalination @DebanjanB +1 – iamsankalp89 Nov 15 '17 at 12:39
For all those who are struggling with 'cask' not found, use ```brew install --cask chromedriver``` – Swati Srivastava Sep 13 '21 at 17:28

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '18 at 17:14

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FYI I had to do the solution proposed by varunrao321: Navigate to the folder containing chromedriver and run chmod +x chromedriver

answered Jul 07 '18 at 17:14

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score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 05 '19 at 06:56

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I tried giving full permission to the chromedriver and it works fine.

chmod +x chromedriver

or

chmod 777 chromedriver

edited Feb 05 '19 at 06:56

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answered Feb 05 '19 at 04:58

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 03 '18 at 00:21

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Another solution that worked for me. Navigate to the folder containing chromedriver and run "chmod +x chromedriver"

answered Apr 03 '18 at 00:21

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 25 '20 at 22:55

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Worked for me as well:

Step 1: Open terminal
Step 2: Navigate to the path folder containing chromedriver
Step 3: Run chmod +x chromedriver

edited Jul 25 '20 at 22:55

answered Jul 25 '20 at 19:11

Ritesh Kumar

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 15 '17 at 12:39

@debanjan already explain good expalaination to you, I am just giving you correct code:

public void LaunchBrowser() throws InterruptedException {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "/Users/roja/Automation/chromedriver_osx/chromedriver");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
}

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Feb 14 '19 at 09:09

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It may be due to the permission access. Download the chrome driver using http://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads and then give path.

Example:

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","/Users/xyz/Downloads/chromedriver");

edited Feb 14 '19 at 09:09

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answered Aug 20 '18 at 12:41

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score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Mar 23 '19 at 19:50

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The way I solved this problem was by importing the chromedriver with right click>Import instead of dragging it to the folder.

I don't know exactly why, but it worked.

edited Mar 23 '19 at 19:50

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answered Mar 23 '19 at 19:28

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 11 '19 at 00:50

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For me, it was the last driver that was not working with the chrome version installed on my macOS mojave. I was forced to install last version of google chrome, then it worked.

answered Sep 11 '19 at 00:50

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E Kwong · Answer 10 · 2019-12-30T05:38:46.010

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You may install chromedriver by brew

brew cask install chromedriver

After that, as DebanjanB said, replace your

System.setProperty("Webdriver.chrome.driver","/Users/roja/Automation/chromedriver_osx");

with

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "/usr/local/bin/chromedriver");

It works for me.

edited Dec 30 '19 at 05:38

answered Dec 27 '19 at 10:40

E Kwong

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score 0 · Answer 11 · edited Nov 10 '20 at 14:26

One More Solution :

Visit : https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads enter image description here
Under "Current Releases" section, Click on Chrome driver link which is updated in your system.
Automatically it will redirect to "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=" enter image description here
Click on link for mac and unzip the folder.
Now paste chromedriver.exe file into your project.

And provide below mentioned code-

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

public class SetChromeDriver {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/chromedriver");
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
        driver.get("https://www.google.com/");
        driver.quit();

    }

}

score 0 · Answer 12 · edited Dec 16 '20 at 08:13

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Run this command in the folder where chromedriver is present: chmod +x chromedriver

edited Dec 16 '20 at 08:13

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answered Dec 16 '20 at 02:53

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Mac OSX - IllegalStateException: The driver is not executable:

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Quick installation of the latest ChromeDriver

Original answered Nov 15 '17 at 12:04

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