How to setup Appium in Ubuntu for android

Question

I am new in appium(automation testing technology).

I\'m using a PC running Ubuntu Linux.

I have searched about this topic but I have not got any

Answer 1

It is very simple and easy, Please check the below steps!.

1) Install latest Node.js

Terminal commands:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs  

More information please check official website.

2) Install latest Appium

Terminal commands :

npm install -g appium

or

sudo npm install -g appium

More information please check official documentation.

Answer 2

I can tell about the 14.04 version

1. Download the file from https://nodejs.org/en/

2.Now for extracting the file path press Ctrl+l , it will give the exact path , copy it

3.open bash.src file and it has to be open with gedit, this file is hidden Press Ctrl+h to see the hidden files

4.now in the bash.src file,paste the below commands

   export PATH=$PATH:"somepath u copied upto bin" 

   export NODE_PATH=$PATH:"somepath u copied upto bin node_modules'"

It will surely work

Answer 3

Steps to get appium working on ubuntu pc :

Install ruby: Paste the below command at terminal and hit enter

sudo apt-get install build-essential curl git m4 ruby texinfo libbz2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat-dev libncurses-dev zlib1g-dev

Install linux brew:Paste the below command at terminal and hit enter

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew/go/install)"

set path for brew

Type: gedit .bashrc at terminal and copy paste following into the .bashrc file

export PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH"
export MANPATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/share/man:$MANPATH"
export INFOPATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/share/info:$INFOPATH"

Install node:Paste the below commands one by one at terminal and hit enter

brew update
brew install node
brew link node

Install appium

npm install -g appium


npm install wd

To start appium: Paste the below command at terminal and hit enter

appium