Error trying to install Chromedriver binary. Waiting and trying again. about appium-chromedriver HOT 5 CLOSED

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This should be fixed in the latest version of appium-chromedriver.

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I am on MAC OSX 10.11.3

Tried command npm install -g appium and it is throwing error

Error trying to install Chromedriver binary. Waiting and trying again.
Unable to import install script. Re-run install appium-chromedriver manually.
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then saw another error
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Selendroid setup files did not yet exist, waiting...
Selendroid setup files did not yet exist, waiting...
Tried too many times to install selendroid, failing

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-selendroid-driver/bin/install.js:18
throw err;
^
TypeError: fn must be a function

See http://goo.gl/916lJJ

at Function.Promise.promisify (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/promisify.js:268:15)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-support/build/lib/fs.js:141:35)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-support/build/lib/tempdir.js:12:11)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-support/build/index.js:11:19)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-selendroid-installer/build/lib/setup.js:21:22)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)

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Hi,

I have solved this very easy, the trouble is not the version of chromedriver or appium the proble is you don't have to install npm by "sudo" because appium won't work...

I copy the solution that i found from a comment of the user: "deepak" solution worked very well for me:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22374416/how-to-setup-appium-in-ubuntu-for-android

Do not install nodejs through apt-get, which will need sudo rights and appium will not work if node is installed as sudo user. If you have already installed remove it using

sudo apt-get remove nodejs
sudo apt-get remove npm
Download latest nodejs linux binaries form http://nodejs.org/download/

Extract into a folder that doesn't need sudo rights to access, for example your home folder.

tar -xvf <downloaded_binary_tar.gz>
Add the following line to your ~/.bashrc file.

export PATH=$PATH:<full_path_of_the_extracted_node_folder>/bin
Open a now terminal and do

npm install -g appium
appium

Best regards,

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👍 yes sorry guys I forgot this ticket, I fixed this also by using a root installation. Please try what @beeva-pedrocuello suggests and start appium as so

# Osx Users
$ brew install node 
# Linux Users
$ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.0/install.sh | bash 
$ sudo npm install -g appium
$ appium &
$ mocha tests.js

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