"ChromeDriver installation failed undefined" during npm install.

[jasonlam-swatow]

log:

> chromedriver@2.16.0 install /Users/Jason/Documents/vue-router/node_modules/chromedriver
> node install.js

Downloading http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.16/chromedriver_mac32.zip
Saving to /var/folders/_1/4khr45254mbfbn7k7fvmbkk80000gn/T/chromedriver/chromedriver_mac32.zip
Receiving...
ChromeDriver installation failed undefined
npm ERR! Darwin 15.0.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/Cellar/node/0.12.2_1/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v5.0.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.4.1
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! chromedriver@2.16.0 install: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the chromedriver@2.16.0 install script 'node install.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the chromedriver package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node install.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls chromedriver
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/Jason/Documents/vue-router/npm-debug.log

[yyx990803]

Most likely chromedriver is incompatible with Node 5. Try 4.2.2 instead.

[xiaomao155]

请问您这个问题是怎么解决的

[KingMario]

According to the install.js, the script downloads the chromediriver binary via http.get.
But the zip file has been moved and the situation is not handled by the script.

curl -I http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.21/chromedriver_mac32.zip
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Connection: close
Location: http://101.44.1.11/files/1068000004E980C8/chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.21/chromedriver_mac32.zip

Fix it by running:

npm install chromedriver --chromedriver_cdnurl=http://cdn.npm.taobao.org/dist/chromedriver

@KingMario thanks

[asktalk]

Downloading http://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/chromedriver/2.24/chromedriver_win32.zip
Saving to C:\Users\asktalk\AppData\Local\Temp\chromedriver\chromedriver_win32.zip
Receiving...
ChromeDriver installation failed undefined
npm info lifecycle chromedriver@2.24.1~install: Failed to exec install script
npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.14393
npm ERR! argv "D:\2.enviroment_domain\2.nodejs.env\node.exe" "D:\2.enviroment_domain\2.nodejs.env\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "chromedriver" "--chromedriver_cdnurl=http://cdn.npm.taobao.org/dist/chromedriver" "-g"
npm ERR! node v6.6.0
npm ERR! npm v3.10.3
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! chromedriver@2.24.1 install: node install.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the chromedriver@2.24.1 install script 'node install.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the chromedriver package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node install.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs chromedriver
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls chromedriver
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

[guwenbin1991]

@KingMario

it does work for me

[tomaszczechowski]

Hi,

The topic is already closed, however, I want to share with you steps I did to resolve this issue. Hope it helps someone whos still struggling with it.

1. Download chrome driver from here (I used 2.20 version): https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.20/chromedriver_win32.zip
2. Unpack it somewhere in your project dir.
3. Using NPM install package from local files system:
   npm install chromedriver --chromedriver_filepath=/path/to/chromedriver.zip
4. Update .npmrc file with this line: chromedriver_filepath=/path/to/chromedriver.zip (optional)
5. In protractor.conf.js file indicate new source of chrome driver adding a line:
   chromeDriver: './node_modules/chromedriver/lib/chromedriver/chromedriver.exe'

Work at least on my end 😄

[chenyiqi]

npm install chromedriver --chromedriver_cdnurl=http://cdn.npm.taobao.org/dist/chromedriver

[muzishuiji]

@tomaszczechowski can you tell me where is the .npmsrc file?