In this article, we shall see the third method: installing Ubuntu using crouton. Install Linux inside Chrome OS and switch between Chrome OS and Linux using keyboard shortcuts, thanks to crouton.Remove Chrome OS and install Linux (possibly).The kind of lock down Google has put on Chromebooks reinforces my belief that Google hates Linux. It’s a closed source, propriety OS and it is locked down, for security reasons. Even many simple Linux commands won’t work by default. It has a hidden terminal, but it doesn’t let you do many things. The answer is that Chrome OS is not really Linux, even though it is based on the Linux Kernel. So do we really need to install Linux separately? You might already know that Chrome OS is based on the Linux kernel. Sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/phantomjs-1.9.This detailed guide provides step-by-step instructions with screenshots on how to install Linux on Chromebook. Move the folder to /usr/local/share sudo mv -f ~/Downloads/phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/share/phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64Ĭreate symbolic links sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin/phantomjs Tar xjf ~/Downloads/phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -C ~/Downloads Sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/chromedriver /usr/bin/chromedriverĭownload latest version from official website and extract it (here for instance, to ~/Downloads) wget -N -P ~/Downloads

Sudo mv -f ~/Downloads/chromedriver /usr/local/share/chromedriverĬreate symbolic links sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/chromedriver /usr/local/bin/chromedriver Make it executable and move to /usr/local/share chmod +x ~/Downloads/chromedriver Unzip ~/Downloads/chromedriver_linu圆4.zip -d ~/Downloads Install ChromeDriverĭownload latest version from official website and upzip it (here for instance, to ~/Downloads) wget -N -P ~/Downloads A note on how to install ChromeDriver and PhantomJS on Linux Mint (Ubuntu), which would be handy for writing Selenium WebDriver tests to run against Chrome/PhantomJS directly without specifying paths in code.

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