Selenium GeckoDriver Ubuntu Installation

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To install the Selenium Firefox driver (geckodriver) on Ubuntu, follow these steps:

Install Firefox (if not already installed):

sudo apt update
sudo apt install firefox

Download geckodriver:
- Visit the geckodriver releases page.
- Choose the latest version compatible with your Firefox version. For Ubuntu, download the Linux 64-bit version (e.g., geckodriver-vX.XX.X-linux64.tar.gz).
- Example command to download (replace X.XX.X with the latest version):
```
wget https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/vX.XX.X/geckodriver-vX.XX.X-linux64.tar.gz
```

Extract the downloaded file:

tar -xvzf geckodriver-vX.XX.X-linux64.tar.gz

Move geckodriver to a system path:
- Move the extracted geckodriver to /usr/local/bin to make it accessible system-wide:
```
sudo mv geckodriver /usr/local/bin/
```
- Make it executable:
```
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/geckodriver
```
Install Selenium for Python (if using Python):
```
pip install selenium
```

Verify installation:

Test with a simple Python script:

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get("https://www.example.com")
print(driver.title)
driver.quit()

Notes:

Ensure your Firefox version is compatible with the geckodriver version (check release notes on the geckodriver GitHub page).
If you encounter issues, ensure python3-pip is installed:
```
sudo apt install python3-pip
```
If geckodriver isn’t found, add /usr/local/bin to your PATH:
```
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
```

This should set up the Selenium Firefox driver on Ubuntu. Let me know if you hit any issues!

The difference between geckodriver-v0.36.0-linux-aarch64.tar.gz and geckodriver-v0.36.0-linux64.tar.gz lies in the target CPU architecture:

linux-aarch64: This is for 64-bit ARM architectures (e.g., ARMv8-A), commonly used in devices like Raspberry Pi, some servers, or modern ARM-based Linux systems. The “aarch64” stands for 64-bit ARM architecture.
linux64: This is for 64-bit x86 architectures (also known as x86_64 or AMD64), which are standard for most desktop and server PCs running Linux.

Key Points:

Choose linux-aarch64 if your system has a 64-bit ARM processor.
Choose linux64 if your system has a 64-bit x86 processor.
You can check your system’s architecture on Linux by running uname -m. If it outputs aarch64, use the ARM version; if it outputs x86_64, use the linux64 version.

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