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How to install correctly python Selenium (tested on ubuntu gnome)
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| apt-get install ipython | |
| apt-get install python-pip | |
| pip install selenium | |
| mkdir /root/bin | |
| cd /root/bin | |
| wget https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.9.0/geckodriver-v0.9.0-linux64.tar.gz | |
| tar -xvzf geckodriver-v0.9.0-linux64.tar.gz | |
| rm geckodriver-v0.9.0-linux64.tar.gz | |
| chmod +x geckodriver | |
| cp geckodriver wires | |
| export PATH=$PATH:/root/bin/wires | |
| export PATH=$PATH:/root/bin/geckodriver | |
| : ' | |
| ipython | |
| %cpaste | |
| ## Paste the whole following content: | |
| browser = None | |
| def StartSelenium(): | |
| import selenium | |
| from selenium import webdriver | |
| from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities | |
| import binascii | |
| import hashlib | |
| firefox_capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.FIREFOX | |
| firefox_capabilities['marionette'] = True | |
| firefox_capabilities['binary'] = '/usr/bin/firefox' | |
| global browser | |
| browser = webdriver.Firefox(capabilities=firefox_capabilities) | |
| browser.get('https://www.google.com') | |
| -- | |
| ##End of paste | |
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not sure where the wires binary came from. version 0.9.0 was broken for me as well. Downloading 0.13.0 at https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.13.0/geckodriver-v0.13.0-linux64.tar.gz fixed it for me.