Serenity : Could not instantiate new WebDriver instance of type class org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver (Cannot find firefox binary in PATH. Make sure firefox is installed. OS appears to be: LINUX

[vpachpute062]

Hello Team

I have downloaded serenity framework from https://github.com/serenity-bdd/serenity-cucumber-starter

I am able to run on chrome perfectly. But when I change browser to firefox, it's giving me error as below.

Caused by: net.thucydides.core.webdriver.DriverConfigurationError: Could not instantiate new WebDriver instance of type class org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver (Cannot find firefox binary in PATH. Make sure firefox is installed. OS appears to be: LINUX
Build info: version: '4.1.1', revision: 'e8fcc2cecf'
System info: host: 'administrator-Latitude-3510', ip: '127.0.1.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '5.4.0-94-generic', java.version: '11.0.13'
Driver info: driver.version: ProvideNewDriver). See below for more details.

• In serenity.conf file, I have added path to geckodriver binary, but same issue. My serenity version is 3.1.15 and installed firefox version is 96.0 (64-bit). GeckoDriver binary version: geckodriver-v0.30.0-linux64
• I have tried downgrading firefox version to 91, but same issue.

• Below is my serenity.conf file

  
  webdriver {
  driver = firefox
  
  autodownload = true
  }

headless.mode = false

serenity { take.screenshots = FOR_FAILURES } #

Chrome options can be defined using the chrome.switches property

# chrome.switches = """--start-maximized;--test-type;--no-sandbox;--ignore-certificate-errors; --disable-popup-blocking;--disable-default-apps;--disable-extensions-file-access-check; --incognito;--disable-infobars,--disable-gpu"""

drivers { windows { webdriver.gecko.driver = src/test/resources/webdriver/windows/chromedriver.exe } mac { webdriver.gecko.driver = src/test/resources/webdriver/mac/chromedriver } linux { webdriver.gecko.driver = src/test/resources/webdriver/linux/geckodriver } }

gecko.firefox.options=""" { "args": ["-headless", "-profile", "/path/to/my/profile"], "prefs": { "dom.ipc.processCount": 8 }, "log": { "level": "trace" } } """

[wakaleo]

Are you sure that this file exists? "src/test/resources/webdriver/linux/geckodriver". Otherwise delete the drivers section and let WebDriverManager download the right driver.

[vpachpute062]

Hi @wakaleo Thanks for your suggestion. Yes, geckodriver binary exists at this location. Issue has been resolved. Might be an issue with compatibility. Earlier my firefox version was 96.0 and geckodriver version was geckodriver-v0.30.0-linux64 Later I downgraded firefox version 95.0.1 and with same geckodriver version (i.e.geckodriver-v0.30.0-linux64), it worked out.