Installing Robot Framework on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Introduction

A robot framework is an open-source, generic, keyword-driven test automation framework that uses a tabular test data syntax. It was originally developed by Pekka Klärck in 2005 and is currently maintained by the Robot Framework Foundation.

In this post, We will show you how to install and configure robot-framework on ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Step 1: Run System Updates

We need to update the system uppdate and upgrade the packages by using given command.

To update the repository.

sudo apt-get update

To upgrade the packages.

sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Step 2: Installing Google Chrome

We need to install the google chrome browser by using given command.

To install to dependencies.

sudo apt-get install unzip xvfb libxi6 libgconf-2-4 -y

To download the google chrome latest version.

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

To install the google chrome.

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Step 3: Installing Chromedriver

We need to install the same version of google driver from the google chrome driver download link.

wget https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/112.0.5615.49/chromedriver_linux64.zip

To unzip the google chrome driver zip file.

unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip

To move the google chrome driver to /usr/bin

sudo mv chromedriver /usr/bin/chromedriver

To update the permission.

sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/chromedriver

To make excutable google chome driver.

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/chromedriver

Step 4: Installing Python3

We need to use the follwing command to install python3.

sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip -y

To check python version.

python3 --version

Step 5: Installing Robot-Framework

To install the robot-framework we need to use the given command.

pip3 install robotframework robotframework-seleniumlibrary

To check robot version.

python3 -m robot --version

Step 6: Creating Robot Script

We need to test the robot framework to test it should working fine with chrome browser.

To create sample robot script.

nano openGoogle.robot

Paste the following configuration.

Note: This is stable for non-gui linux based machine or remote machine with headless config.

*** Settings ***

Library    SeleniumLibrary
Documentation
...    My First Test
...    This test will Verify Google
*** Keywords ***

Navigate To Google
    Open Browser    https://www.google.com    headlesschrome
Verify Page Contains Google
    ${Get_title}=                 Get Title
    Should Be Equal As Strings    ${Get_title}    Google
    Close Browser

*** Test Cases ***

Open Google & Verify Google
    Navigate To Google
    Verify Page Contains Google

Use the given robot code for GUI.

*** Settings ***

Library    SeleniumLibrary
Documentation
...    My First Test
...    This test will Verify Google
*** Keywords ***

Navigate To Google
    Open Browser    https://www.google.com    browser=chrome
Verify Page Contains Google
    ${Get_title}=                 Get Title
    Should Be Equal As Strings    ${Get_title}    Google
    Close Browser

*** Test Cases ***

Open Google & Verify Google
    Navigate To Google
    Verify Page Contains Google

To execute the robot script.

python3 -m robot openGoogle.robot

Conclusion

We have successfully install and configure robot framework on ubuntu 22.04 LTS. If you are still facing problems, feel free to leave a commit.