How To Install ruby-chromedriver-helper on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-chromedriver-helper
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-chromedriver-helper
ruby-chromedriver-helper is:
chromedriver-helper installs an executable, chromedriver-helper, in your gem path, and configures Selenium to invoke it as the web driver.
This script will, if necessary, download the appropriate binary for your platform and install it into ~/.chromedriver-helper, then exec it. Easy peasy!
Individual projects can even select which version of chromedriver they want to run.
There are three methods to install ruby-chromedriver-helper
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ruby-chromedriver-helper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-chromedriver-helper
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-chromedriver-helper
Install ruby-chromedriver-helper Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-chromedriver-helper
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-chromedriver-helper
Install ruby-chromedriver-helper Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-chromedriver-helper
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-chromedriver-helper
How To Uninstall ruby-chromedriver-helper on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-chromedriver-helper
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-chromedriver-helper
Uninstall ruby-chromedriver-helper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-chromedriver-helper
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-chromedriver-helper
Remove ruby-chromedriver-helper Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-chromedriver-helper
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-chromedriver-helper
Remove ruby-chromedriver-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-chromedriver-helper
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-chromedriver-helper
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-chromedriver-helper
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.