Configuring Appium in Ubuntu from Scratch



1.Install node.js without using sudo
  • Do not install node.js through apt-get, which will need sudo rights and appium will not work if node.js is installed as sudo user. If you have already installed remove it using commands:
    sudo apt-get remove nodejs
sudo apt-get remove npm
  • Download latest nodejs linux binaries from https://nodejs.org/download/release/latest/
  • Into a folder for example /home/superman/Downloads (where superman is your username and you have downloaded the file in Downloads)
  • Now install it under /usr/local using
      cd /usr/local
  tar --strip-components 1 -xzf /home/superman/Downloads/node-v8.2.1-linux-x64.tar.gz
  • Check the installation using
      node -v

2. Install java, jdk and jre

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install default-jre
   sudo apt-get install default-jdk
   //to install oracle jdk
   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

3. Set the JAVA HOME path

      //open bashrc file 
      gedit ~/.bashrc
      export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
      export PATH=${PATH}:${JAVA_HOME}/bin
     //run following command to verify the path
     echo $JAVA_HOME
     echo $PATH

    Tip: Use the following command to find out exact path to which java executable under UNIX / Linux:
   which java

4. Download android studio and set the ANDROID HOME path
  • Download android studio for ubuntu and extract it in the HOME directory
  • open terminal and enter:
      cd android-studio/bin
 ./studio.sh
  • Now android studio will open.Click next and let it download required things.
  • Once android sdk is installed add ANDROID_HOME to environment using:

 gedit ~/.bashrc
 //add following lines at the end of the file and then save
 export ANDROID_HOME=/home/user_name/Android/Sdk
 export PATH=$PATH:/home/user_name/Android/Sdk/tools
 export PATH=$PATH:/home/user_name/Android/Sdk/platform-tools

5. Install appium globally

  npm install -g appium
  //check if appium is installed using
  appium

6.Install appium-doctor to troubleshoot the errors if any using:

   npm install -g appium-doctor
   //then 
   appium-doctor
   //it will give checklist of which things are okay and which are not

Now your system is configured with appium

If anyone come across the following error,

Error: appium-chromedriver@3.5.2 install: node install-npm.js

you need to run with few other options.

npm install -g appium --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root

This happened due for appium1.8.0 and node 10.0.

Above command will take latest version (unstable) from repo and install
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