How to install chromium?

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Hi there

I’m trying to use percy.io SDK and google lighthouse npm library. Both of them use chromium.

I added chromium to the replit.nix file, but it is not enough. I’m missing lots of the dependencies chromium needs.

What could I do?

Thanks

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Did you set guessImports in the .replit file to false? Usually, it should install those dependencies automatically if it is true

Otherwise, you may have to install the dependencies manually

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Show hidden files, go to your .replit file and add these two packages under deps

pkgs.chromium
pkgs.chromedriver

That’s what I use to install chromium for selenium.

My full .replit file (python so another language will be slightly different) looks like this:

{ pkgs }: {
  deps = [
    pkgs.python38Full
	pkgs.chromium
	pkgs.chromedriver
  ];
  env = {
    PYTHON_LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [
      # Needed for pandas / numpy
      pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib
      pkgs.zlib
      # Needed for pygame
      pkgs.glib
      # Needed for matplotlib
      pkgs.xorg.libX11
    ];
    PYTHONBIN = "${pkgs.python38Full}/bin/python3.8";
    LANG = "en_US.UTF-8";
  };
}
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Hi Praquron,

I do have guessImports = true. I’m not calling the libraries through code but through the command line:

npx percy exec – python3 main.py
npx lighthouse https://google.com

Both gave me an error because they couldn’t load chromium and/or chromium dependencies.

Any idea?

Thanks

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Hi InvisibleOne,

I do have those packages. I even activated unfree packages and imported pkgs.google-chrome to no avail.

I’m not using selenium, but calling the commands directly in the command line:

npx percy exec – python3 main.py
npx lighthouse https://ask.replit.com

Both gave me an error because they couldn’t load chromium and/or chromium dependencies.

Any idea?

Thanks

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Hmm, does the npx lighthouse command have any flags to specify where the chromium packages are located? I’m not familiar with those tools