How to add Chromedriver to PATH in linux?

Question

Trying to use Selenium with Chrome in a python script.

I get the following error:

WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home

I know the location of the chromedriver executable. How do I add it to the PATH?

thank you

Possible duplicate of [Error message: "'chromedriver' executable needs to be available in the path"](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29858752/error-message-chromedriver-executable-needs-to-be-available-in-the-path) — JeffC, Jan 11 '18 at 19:38

AnythingIsFine · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-11T18:59:32.130

You can specify the absolute path to your chrome driver in your script as such:

from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='/path/to/driver/chromedriver')

Or you can add the path to your webdriver in the PATH system variable as so:

export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/driver/chrome-driver

You may add the above line to your /home/<user>/.profile file to make it permanent.

Tested on Ubuntu 17.10 running Python 2.7.14

Hope this helps!

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 04 '18 at 14:37

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The solution posted by @AnythingIsFine is indeed correct.

However in my case my pytest was still unable to find the chromedriver (despite it was correctly added to the PATH and from the terminal I could execute it).

So I've solved by adding an alias of the chromedriver in the /usr/bin directory:

sudo ln -s /path/to/chromedriver /usr/bin

answered Jun 04 '18 at 14:37

Francesco Borzi

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first answer did not take effect... this one did, not sure if it was the combination of both! thanks man! – tink Apr 04 '20 at 11:35
```ln -s `which chromedriver` /usr/bin``` LazyWay .. – plombix May 03 '22 at 03:52

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 28 '20 at 03:53

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Move Chromedriver to path with:

sudo mv -f ~/chromedriver /usr/local/bin/chromedriver

/usr/local/bin/chromedriver is path.

answered Oct 28 '20 at 03:53

Doan Bui

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 18 '22 at 04:54

For selenium framework (python or java), Browser driver(chrome/firefox/ etc.) should be saved on the Path " /usr/local/bin/chromedriver & /usr/bin/chromedriver"

For Chrome Driver Link : https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads go to the link and download the chrome driver for corresponding OS.

Linux: Open the terminal on the Saved/downloaded directory then enter the command

"sudo mv /path/to/chromedriver /usr/bin" "sudo mv /path/to/chromedriver /usr/local/bin"

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 06 '23 at 07:34

Easiest way would be to download the Google Chrome Driver you prefer and drop in /usr/share/bin directory in Linux.

https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads (to download Chrome Driver needed)

sudo mv -v <location_downloaded_chromedriver>/chromedriver /usr/local/bin/.

To make sure Chrome Driver is properly working, you may check the version you just installed as below:

/usr/local/bin/chromedriver -v  #prints you the installed version

How to add Chromedriver to PATH in linux?

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