Yada yada executable needs to be in PATH. But it is...

1. 2017-01-15 at 11:06 AM UTC

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   Sophie Pedophile Tech Support
   So anyway, while testing my bot i got an error.
   
   

   
   selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH.
   

   
   
   It's supposed to be there though, i downloaded the latest geckodriver from here https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases
   
   Then i did:
   
   

   
   chmod +x geckodriver && export PATH=$PATH:/home/Sophie/geckodriver
   

   
   
   So i should be set right? Instead i get this error.
2. 2017-01-15 at 11:57 AM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   I'm sure you will get it right eventually Sophie san!
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   • Sophie
3. 2017-01-15 at 4:44 PM UTC

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   Lanny Bird of Courage
   If you echo $PATH do you see the entry there?
4. 2017-01-15 at 4:59 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   shouldn't that be a semicolon
5. 2017-01-15 at 5:21 PM UTC

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   Merlin Houston
   The syntax is correct. Note that the command only updates the path in the current context. What I bet is happening is that when you run the bot python opens in a new shell which will not have your local modification to PATH.
   
   Open either .bash_profile or .bashrc and either add the "export PATH=..." line or such a line should already exist so you can append ":/home/Sophie/geckodriver" as well.
   
   Oh it could also be that you are trying to point the path to a file, I've only ever added directories to PATH. If "/home/Sophie/geckodriver" is a file try placing it in a directory and direct the path to the dir instead of the file.
   
   Also keep in mind that PATH won't search recursively.
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   • Sophie
6. 2017-01-15 at 5:50 PM UTC

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   Sophie Pedophile Tech Support

   Originally posted by Merlin The syntax is correct. Note that the command only updates the path in the current context. What I bet is happening is that when you run the bot python opens in a new shell which will not have your local modification to PATH.
   
   Open either .bash_profile or .bashrc and either add the "export PATH=…" line or such a line should already exist so you can append ":/home/Sophie/geckodriver" as well.
   
   Oh it could also be that you are trying to point the path to a file, I've only ever added directories to PATH. If "/home/Sophie/geckodriver" is a file try placing it in a directory and direct the path to the dir instead of the file.
   
   Also keep in mind that PATH won't search recursively.

   
   Yee, the problem was i had it pointed to a file. Dropped it in /usr/bin and voila, it worked.
7. 2017-01-15 at 5:50 PM UTC

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   Sophie Pedophile Tech Support

   Originally posted by SCronaldo_J_Trump I'm sure you will get it right eventually Sophie san!

   
   Thanks fam, i hope i will eventually.