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download and install latest geckodriver for linux or mac (selenium webdriver)
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # download and install latest geckodriver for linux or mac. | |
| # required for selenium to drive a firefox browser. | |
| install_dir="/usr/local/bin" | |
| json=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/latest) | |
| if [[ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]]; then | |
| url=$(echo "$json" | jq -r '.assets[].browser_download_url | select(contains("macos"))') | |
| elif [[ $(uname) == "Linux" ]]; then | |
| url=$(echo "$json" | jq -r '.assets[].browser_download_url | select(contains("linux64"))') | |
| else | |
| echo "can't determine OS" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| curl -s -L "$url" | tar -xz | |
| chmod +x geckodriver | |
| sudo mv geckodriver "$install_dir" | |
| echo "installed geckodriver binary in $install_dir" |
A different version of the script modification provided by @brunoao86, that I use is to utilize jq further and dropping the asc urls right in the search. See below for the full script
#!/bin/bash
# download and install latest geckodriver for linux or mac.
# required for selenium to drive a firefox browser.
install_dir="/usr/local/bin"
json=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/latest)
if [[ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]]; then
url=$(echo "$json" | jq -r '.assets[].browser_download_url | select(contains("macos")) | select(contains("asc") | not)')
elif [[ $(uname) == "Linux" ]]; then
url=$(echo "$json" | jq -r '.assets[].browser_download_url | select(contains("linux64")) | select(contains("asc") | not)')
else
echo "can't determine OS"
exit 1
fi
curl -s -L "$url" | tar -xz
chmod +x geckodriver
sudo mv geckodriver "$install_dir"
echo "installed geckodriver binary in $install_dir"
Will the latest version of geckodriver driver work with the latest version of firefox-esr at any point in time?
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Install using
breworapt-get- https://gist.github.com/MichaelCurrin/b8f616b3182ea98ef88c3042b988402c