Installing Selenoid on Arch Linux

Selenoid is an open-source Selenium 3 server that runs browsers within Docker containers. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of Selenoid on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites in place:

  • Arch Linux installed
  • Docker installed and running

Step 1 - Install Go

Selenoid is a Go application, so you need to have Go language installed on your system. If Go is not already on your machine, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S go

This command will install the latest version of Go available in the Arch Linux repositories.

Step 2 - Install Git

Now, install Git version control system using the following command:

sudo pacman -S git

Step 3 - Clone Selenoid

Next, you need to clone the Selenoid repository using Git. Run the following command to clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/aerokube/selenoid.git

This command will download the Selenoid source code into a new selenoid directory in your current working directory.

Step 4 - Build Selenoid

After cloning the repository, you need to build Selenoid from the source code. Change to the Selenoid directory using the following command:

cd selenoid

Then run the make all command to build the Selenoid binary:

make all ARCH=amd64 VERSION=$(git describe --tags)

This command will compile the Selenoid binary for Linux amd64 architecture and the current release version of the code.

Step 5 - Install Selenoid Binary

Now that you have built the Selenoid binary, you need to install it on your system. To do so, run the following command:

sudo install -t /usr/local/bin selenoid

This command will install the Selenoid binary in the /usr/local/bin directory, which is in your system's PATH environment variable.

Step 6 - Verify Selenoid Installation

Finally, to verify the Selenoid installation, run the following command:

selenoid -version

This command should output the version number of Selenoid that you just installed.

With Selenoid installed, you can now use it to run Selenium tests in Docker containers.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Selenoid on Arch Linux.