Chrome doesn't work with Linux subsystem for Windows

[cfjedimaster]

I'm trying to test this under the Windows Subsystem for Linux and get an immediate error:

~$ lighthouse https://www.raymondcamden.com --output-path /mnt/c/Users/ray/Desktop/lh.html
Runtime error encountered: Error: The environment variable CHROME_PATH must be set to executable of a build of Chromium version 54.0 or later.
    at Object.linux (/home/ray/.nvm/versions/node/v8.2.0/lib/node_modules/lighthouse/chrome-launcher/chrome-finder.js:107:15)
    at Launcher.<anonymous> (/home/ray/.nvm/versions/node/v8.2.0/lib/node_modules/lighthouse/chrome-launcher/chrome-launcher.js:113:75)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /home/ray/.nvm/versions/node/v8.2.0/lib/node_modules/lighthouse/chrome-launcher/chrome-launcher.js:12:71
    at Promise (<anonymous>)
    at __awaiter (/home/ray/.nvm/versions/node/v8.2.0/lib/node_modules/lighthouse/chrome-launcher/chrome-launcher.js:8:12)
    at Launcher.launch (/home/ray/.nvm/versions/node/v8.2.0/lib/node_modules/lighthouse/chrome-launcher/chrome-launcher.js:98:16)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/ray/.nvm/versions/node/v8.2.0/lib/node_modules/lighthouse/chrome-launcher/chrome-launcher.js:42:24)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /home/ray/.nvm/versions/node/v8.2.0/lib/node_modules/lighthouse/chrome-launcher/chrome-launcher.js:12:71

Any ideas?

[patrickhulce]

I'm not super familiar with how the subsystem for linux works but do you have Chrome installed and accessible from the linux subsystem? What do which google-chrome and which google-chrome-stable report?

[cfjedimaster]

Nothing for both. I do have Chrome installed on Windows of course, but I'd not expect WSL to be able to use it (or... maybe it can?).

[patrickhulce]

Yeah I wouldn't either. Looks like there's a thread over in BashOnWindows discussing trying to get Chrome to work over there microsoft/WSL#648. Might want to chime in there to see if anyone has current workarounds?

[cfjedimaster]

Fair enough - maybe add a note to the readme here just to warn folks? :)

[paulirish]

We fixed this a bit ago: GoogleChrome/chrome-launcher#27

now shipped in chrome-launcher 0.8.0 and shipped in lighthouse (2.5.0 definitely, maybe 2.4 too)