Runtime error: Error running the bot: Failed to initialize browser: Message: unknown error: cannot find Chrome binary

[lscalize]

Hi, could anyone help me with this issue?

[aimaanmansuri21]

I encountered this issue and what I did is simply deactivated the virtual environment and restarted my pc, it still kept happening, I repeated this process 3 times and on the third try, it just worked!

[lscalize]

I've been trying for a while, but it's still not working.

[lscalize]

@aimaanmansuri21 I'm trying to run it on Google Colab. Do you think that I need to try somewhere else?

[lscalize]

I've tried to solve it using chatgpt, but it did not work.

I've followed these steps below.

Could someone help me pls?

Update system

!apt-get update

Install Chromium and ChromeDriver

!apt-get install -y chromium-chromedriver !apt-get install -y chromium

Setup the Selenium to Use Chromium

from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options

Setup Chrome

chrome_options = Options() chrome_options.add_argument("--headless") # Modo headless chrome_options.add_argument("--no-sandbox") chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage") chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-gpu") chrome_options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222")

Directory Chrome and ChromeDriver

chrome_options.binary_location = '/usr/bin/chromium-browser' service = Service('/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver')

[feder-cr]

@lscalize i think you can use on Google collab, because colab don't have chrome

[lscalize]

@feder-cr so, what do you suggest? So I need to use the Jupyter notebook instead? Another tool?

[lscalize]

@feder-cr or is it possible to run it directly through github?

[Lumexio]

Same problem here i'm currently on Ubuntu 24

and im using my own Resume

Runtime error: Error running the bot: Failed to initialize browser: Message: unknown error: cannot find Chrome binary
Stacktrace:
#0 0x562187fd84e3 <unknown>
#1 0x562187d07c76 <unknown>
#2 0x562187d2e757 <unknown>
#3 0x562187d2d029 <unknown>
#4 0x562187d6bccc <unknown>
#5 0x562187d6b47f <unknown>
#6 0x562187d62de3 <unknown>
#7 0x562187d382dd <unknown>
#8 0x562187d3934e <unknown>
#9 0x562187f983e4 <unknown>
#10 0x562187f9c3d7 <unknown>
#11 0x562187fa6b20 <unknown>
#12 0x562187f9d023 <unknown>
#13 0x562187f6b1aa <unknown>
#14 0x562187fc16b8 <unknown>
#15 0x562187fc1847 <unknown>
#16 0x562187fd1243 <unknown>
#17 0x718e6ea9ca94 <unknown>
#18 0x718e6eb29c3c <unknown>

Refer to the configuration and troubleshooting guide: https://github.com/feder-cr/LinkedIn_AIHawk_automatic_job_application/blob/main/readme.md#configuration

[talvinder]

I am facing the same issue. I am running this on my local machine (macos monterey, 12.7.6). Pretty much the same error as well. This seems to be a deeper issue, I have been trying to troubleshoot for the last 3-4 hours.

[talvinder]

Okay. This is the solution that worked for me.

1. Ensure webdriver_manager is Installed First, make sure that the webdriver_manager package is installed. This package will automatically download and manage the ChromeDriver binary for you.

pip install webdriver-manager

2. Update create_driver_selenium Function Update the create_driver_selenium function in the lib_resume_builder_AIHawk/utils.py file to use webdriver_manager to install ChromeDriver and specify its path.

Updated Code

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service as ChromeService
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager

def create_driver_selenium():
    options = get_chrome_browser_options()  # Use the method to get Chrome options

    # Use webdriver_manager to install and specify the path to ChromeDriver
    service = ChromeService(executable_path=ChromeDriverManager().install())

    return webdriver.Chrome(service=service, options=options)

The app ran like butter after this.

[lscalize]

@talvinder tks for the help.

I've followed your instructions and faced the same problem.

I think Google Colab is the issue. Which other tool do you suggest?

[Lumexio]

@lscalize @talvinder I find the solution to this problem if you are on linux

First of all you need to remove purge uninstall your google chrome installation Second install back chrome as a package with

dpkg i chrome-stable.deb

i explore the code and if you still have problems you can hard-code the chrome installation path as viewed on the screenshot

[lscalize]

@Lumexio I'm not on linux, but I'm going to try it. Why not? Tks a lot.

[talvinder]

@talvinder tks for the help.

I've followed your instructions and faced the same problem.

I think Google Colab is the issue. Which other tool do you suggest?

I don't think this will work on google colab or GitHub codespaces, since it needs a chrome driver (basically a working chrome instance).

[lscalize]

@talvinder Tks. So, what would you suggest instead?

[lscalize]

I've tried many times and it did not work.

Could someone help me pls?

[talvinder]

I've tried many times and it did not work.

Could someone help me pls?

I ran this on my local machine (MacBook Pro) and with some tinkering it worked fine. The main issue on my local machine was path to chrome driver, once that was sorted, it worked.

To fix the path, I had to make some tweaks in the python package of LinkedInAI. I am forgetting what exactly it was. I will come back with the exact instructions that worked for me once I am in front of my machine.

[lscalize]

@talvinder thanks a lot for your support.

Once you remember I'd appreciate if you could share the solution here.