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How to Install Appium on Ubuntu

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In this post we will step by step install appium on Ubuntu System. So lets get to the point and start installation.


Note -Appium throws error if you install via SUDO so install Appium via npm 


1. To install Appium via an npm you need  node.js and npm 0.12 or greater.


2. To install node.js and appium without sudo we use linuxbrew.

3. To install linuxbrew these are the dependencies

    Ruby 1.8.6 or newer
    GCC 4.2 or newer
    Git 1.7.12.4 or newer
    Linux 2.6.16 or newer
    64-bit x86 or 32-bit ARM platform

4. Install Ruby using below command

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


5. Install Linux Brew using below command

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


6. Set Path for brew

first type sudo gedit.bashrc in terminal  and copy the below in the .bashrc file.export 
 
PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH"exportMANPATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/share/man:$MANPATH"export INFOPATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/share/info:$INFOPATH"


7 .Install Node:Open new terminal and copy the command and press enter
brew update
brew install node
brew link node
 

8.Finally Install Appium using below command 
npm install -g appium

9.Let's Check if the installation is successfull. Open the terminal and type "appium" and hit enter.You should see something like this in the terminal

info: Welcome to Appium v1.4.12(REV 8db2d00b9afcf2c50a09a80a2e8d56b05a902caf)
info: Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4723
info: Console LogLevel: debug