Installations & Configurations

Java Installation

• Download Java from the below link - https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-jsp-downloads.html
• If runnable file – Run the Downloaded file and click Next until Finish
• If zip/rar file – Extract it and place it in a specific location where all the program files of the operating system are being placed
• Hurray ! Java is installed

Setting up the JAVA_HOME

• If Windows:
  - Run the below command in CMD (command line)
  setx JAVA_HOME -m "Path“
  - For “Path” paste in your Java installation path
• If Mac OS:
  - Open Terminal
  - Confirm you have JDK by typing “which java”
  - Check you have the needed version of Java, by typing “java -version”- Set JAVA_HOME using this command in Terminal:
  

  export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home

  - echo $JAVA_HOME on Terminal to confirm the path
• If Linux flavors:
  - Launch Terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard
  - Enter the following command:
     $ gksudo gedit /etc/environment
  - Depending on where you installed your Java, you will need to provide the full path
  - Scroll to the end of the file and enter the following:
  

  JAVA_HOME=<Java installed Path>

  export JAVA_HOME

  - Save your file and exit gedit
  - Lastly, reload the system PATH with the following command:
  

  $ . /etc/environment

Eclipse Installation & Setup

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  Follow the below steps to download the setup file
  - https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/
  - Choose “Eclipse IDE for Enterprise Java Developers”
  - Click on specific download link based on your operating system
• Yaay ! Downloaded. Lets install it now
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  You must have downloaded the zip file, so follow the below steps to install it neatly
  - Create a new folder “Eclipse”
  - Extract the downloaded zip to the “Eclipse” folder
  - Go to the extracted folder
  - Did you see the eclipse files ! Oh yeah ! It’s time to celebrate :D

Download Selenium WebDriver

• Follow the below steps to download the Selenium
  - Go to location https://www.seleniumhq.org/download/
  - Did you find anything like below !

• Now click on the download link of your choice of programming language (I always choose Java, btw)
• Hurray ! Now you have downloaded the Selenium WebDriver Library
• Now extract the downloaded zip file to a specific location
  (Try to create a new folder “Selenium” and extract into it)

Setup Selenium Library to your project

• Open eclipse
• Do you see your Project in the Project Explorer section ? Not yet ?
• Then create a project and comeback to follow the below steps - Right click on the project title
  - Mouse-over to “Build Path” (side-slider menu will appear)
  - Click on “Configure Build Path”
  - Go to Libraries section and click on “Add External Jars”
  - Browse to the location where you stored the extracted Selenium Library files
  - You see below two files there, select both and click add/ok
  client-combined-3.141.59.jar
  client-combined-3.141.59-sources.jar
• Yaay ! Celebrate again !