Install libgconf2 if Python Selenium ChromeDriver Fails to Start with Error 127
2017-09-11 17:35 (8 years ago)
ytyng
Ubuntu 14.04
When trying to launch Selenium ChromeDriver with Python:
$ xvfb-run ipythonIn [3]: from selenium.webdriver import Chrome
In [4]: d = Chrome()
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
WebDriverException Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-4-0dc1ed148f2d> in <module>()
----> 1 d = Chrome()
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.pyc in __init__(self, executable_path, port, chrome_options, service_args, desired_capabilities, service_log_path)
60 service_args=service_args,
61 log_path=service_log_path)
---> 62 self.service.start()
63
64 try:
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.pyc in start(self)
94 count = 0
95 while True:
---> 96 self.assert_process_still_running()
97 if self.is_connectable():
98 break
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.pyc in assert_process_still_running(self)
107 raise WebDriverException(
108 'Service %s unexpectedly exited. Status code was: %s'
--> 109 % (self.path, return_code)
110 )
111
WebDriverException: Message: Service chromedriver unexpectedly exited. Status code was: 127First, try launching chromedriver on its own:
$ chromedriver
chromedriver: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory→ Launch failed
Install libgconf2:
$ apt search libgconf
...
$ sudo apt install libgconf2-4Try launching chromedriver again:
$ chromedriver
Starting ChromeDriver 2.29.461571 (8a88bbe0775e2a23afda0ceaf2ef7ee74e822cc5) on port 9515
Only local connections are allowed.Launched successfully!
Run from Python again:
$ xvfb-run ipythonIn [1]: from selenium.webdriver import Chrome
In [2]: d = Chrome()
In [3]:Launched successfully!
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