LoganGray/chromeinstall_ubu16.sh

when testing on ubuntu 18.04 desktop.... noticed it wouldn't allow wget via https to grab google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb.. very odd.

So I changed it to NOT use SSL and it worked fine.

Perfect thanks !

chrome_version added to deal with the crazy F%^&*( versioning of chrome and chromedriver. What a PIA!

Thanks.

Seems we need install more dependency packages now

RUN apt-get install -y libappindicator3-1 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatspi2.0-0 libgbm1 libgtk-3-0

Here is whole Dockerfile I used.

FROM openjdk:8u232

# chrome-browser
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y wget
RUN apt-get install -y libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libxss1 xdg-utils unzip
RUN apt-get install -y libappindicator1 fonts-liberation
RUN apt-get install -y libappindicator3-1 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatspi2.0-0 libgbm1 libgtk-3-0
RUN apt-get install -f
RUN wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
RUN dpkg -i google-chrome*.deb

The part to install python and pip packages in your steps are not required and I can wget the chrome package via https without issue.

YOU, SIR, are a gentleman and a scholar.

@LoganGray thank you very much.

After installing it, how to use chrome via cli in headless mode? What's the name of the command?

Thanks.

Seems we need install more dependency packages now

RUN apt-get install -y libappindicator3-1 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatspi2.0-0 libgbm1 libgtk-3-0

Here is whole Dockerfile I used.

FROM openjdk:8u232

# chrome-browser
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y wget
RUN apt-get install -y libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libxss1 xdg-utils unzip
RUN apt-get install -y libappindicator1 fonts-liberation
RUN apt-get install -y libappindicator3-1 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatspi2.0-0 libgbm1 libgtk-3-0
RUN apt-get install -f
RUN wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
RUN dpkg -i google-chrome*.deb

The part to install python and pip packages in your steps are not required and I can wget the chrome package via https without issue.

Interesting! However, this was not intended to be used in a docker file but for a Ubuntu server VPS or otherwise.

However, I will check if today if any mods need to be made to get it to work on Ubuntu 20, and
if I have time -
maybe a docker container as well. ;)

@LoganGray thank you very much.

After installing it, how to use chrome via cli in headless mode? What's the name of the command?

Hi. I believe I was using Selenium at the time - or was it Puppeteer? but anyway, I could actually expand on this a bit, and turn this into a full repo with examples if you like. I was trying to keep things very simple here and just do a single bash script - but if you'd like me to show a bit more, just let me know.

sudo apt install python-pip should be changed to sudo apt install -y python3-pip. python-pip does not exist on Ubuntu 20.04.

Genius thank you!!

I'm sorry,
I can't figure out where this was put, I checked my entire server on Linux, but I can't find the browser itself.
I need to specify the path to the browser.

const {join} = require('path');

/**
 * @type {import("puppeteer").Configuration}
 */
module.exports = {
  cacheDirectory: join(__dirname, '.cache', 'puppeteer'),
};

Please tell me where can I find it?
@LoganGray