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Install & test Selenium with Firefox / Gecko driver on headless Ubuntu 18.04 LTS server
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sudo apt update | |
sudo apt install firefox python3-pip xvfb x11-utils --yes | |
sudo -H pip3 install bpython selenium | |
export DISPLAY=:2 | |
Xvfb $DISPLAY -ac & | |
export GECKO_DRIVER_VERSION='v0.24.0' | |
wget https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/$GECKO_DRIVER_VERSION/geckodriver-$GECKO_DRIVER_VERSION-linux64.tar.gz | |
tar -xvzf geckodriver-$GECKO_DRIVER_VERSION-linux64.tar.gz | |
rm geckodriver-$GECKO_DRIVER_VERSION-linux64.tar.gz | |
chmod +x geckodriver | |
sudo cp geckodriver /usr/local/bin/ | |
cat <<EOF > script.py | |
#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
from selenium.webdriver import Firefox, FirefoxOptions, FirefoxProfile | |
ff_options = FirefoxOptions() | |
ff_options.headless = True | |
ff = Firefox(options=ff_options) | |
ff.quit() | |
EOF | |
chmod +x script.py |
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Thanks brudah!