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I'm using Chromedriver in the following way:

chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
chrome_options.add_argument('--window-size=1420,1080')
chrome_options.add_argument('--headless')
chrome_options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')
chrome_options.add_argument('--disable-gpu')
chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-notifications")
chrome_options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222")
chrome_options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
chrome_options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)
chrome_options.binary_location='/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable'
chrome_driver_binary = "/usr/bin/chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chrome_driver_binary, chrome_options=chrome_options)

In trying to clear some space in my ec2 instance, I'm noticing I also have the following:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 197M Mar  1 20:43 /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser

Does Chromedriver need chromium-browser as some sort of dependency, or am I OK to delete chromium-browser? It appears I only use google-chrome with Chromedriver, but again I'm not exactly sure if I need chromium-browser on the backend of things.

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chromedriver is just interface plumbing that controls chromium-browser, which does the real work.

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  • So are you saying I can't delete chromium-browser, since chromedriver needs it? I always thought my chromedriver was just using google-chrome. – DiamondJoe12 Mar 16 '22 at 17:23
  • Hmm, you should do an `ls -l /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable` to see if it is large, or if it just a shell script that calls `chromium-browser`. – Tim Roberts Mar 16 '22 at 17:28
  • Here's what I get when I run that command: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Feb 26 18:09 /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable -> /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome – DiamondJoe12 Mar 16 '22 at 17:43
  • Here's the file size: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 179M Feb 26 18:09 /opt/google/chrome/chrome – DiamondJoe12 Mar 16 '22 at 17:44
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As per the documentation:

  • Chromium is an open-source and free web browser that is managed by the Chromium Project.
  • Google Chrome is a proprietary browser developed and managed by Google.

Unlike Chromium, Google Chrome offers built-in support for media codecs like MP3, H.264, and AAC, as well as Adobe Flash.

Conclusion

If your tests are not dependent on Chromium browser you can safely delete it.

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  • Unfortunately, when I uninstalled chromium-browser, it wiped chromedriver. I have no idea why. – DiamondJoe12 Mar 17 '22 at 22:35
  • That's bizarre. I still believe you downloaded/installed them seperately. – undetected Selenium Mar 17 '22 at 22:38
  • FYI Chrome is not a proprietary browser. The full source code of Chrome is already there in the Chromium repo, it's just that Chrome specific codes are not compiled when compiling Chromium – Asesh Mar 18 '22 at 07:54