How to setup Appium in Ubuntu for android

Question

I am new in appium(automation testing technology).

I\'m using a PC running Ubuntu Linux.

I have searched about this topic but I have not got any

Answer 1

I'm sure you will find plenty of tutorials on this (and this will only work for android since you would need an OSX box to do iOS) but here is what we did:

Install nodejs/npm:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y python-software-properties python g++ make
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs
UPDATE: use homebrew to install node

Install grunt-cli:

npm install -g grunt-cli

If you run into an issue about it not being able to install in a directory, do this.

Install Appium:

npm install -g appium

Set up a symlink in your .bashrc file for Appium:

ln -s /path/to/appium.js /usr/bin/appium

Test to make sure it can run by running appium in your terminal. The output should be something like:

info: Welcome to Appium v0.16.0 (REV 292d265edd9c7aaf96f165009285c814b218363d)
info: Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4723
   info  - socket.io started

Install Java JRE 6

sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre

Install Android SDK:

Download the SDK and extract it to your home folder.

Launch the Android SDK Manager:

~/path/to/android-sdk/tools/android

Install the packages that you'll need in the new window:

• Android 4.X
• Android Support Library
• Android SUpport Repository
• Google Play services
• Everything under Tools
• Everything under Extras

You can also create a symlink for the Android SDK Manager by doing:

ln -s /path/to/android-sdk/tools/android /usr/bin/android