Hi, the error below does not depend to firefox driver. The firefoxdriver ist a leftover for older firefox versions. The package documentation[3] describes how to enable the geckodriver and there is a bug[1] (#874207) filed for firefox too.
The packge firefoxdriver will be removed with the next update of python-selenium in a few days[2]. Regards Sascha [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=874207 [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=939398 [3] /usr/share/doc/python-selenium/README.Debian Am 23.09.19 um 09:03 schrieb Helmut Grohne: > Package: firefoxdriver > Version: 3.14.1-1 > Severity: grave > Justification: unusable by everyone > > This is what happens when you try to use firefoxdriver in the most > obvious way from python on buster: > > | $ dpkg -l python3-selenium > | ... > | ii python3-selenium 3.14.1+dfsg1-1 all Python3 bindings for > Selenium > | $ python3 > | Python 3.7.3 (default, Apr 3 2019, 05:39:12) > | [GCC 8.3.0] on linux > | Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > | >>> import selenium.webdriver > | >>> selenium.webdriver.Firefox() > | Traceback (most recent call last): > | File > "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line > 76, in start > | stdin=PIPE) > | File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 775, in __init__ > | restore_signals, start_new_session) > | File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1522, in _execute_child > | raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename) > | FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'geckodriver': > 'geckodriver' > | > | During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: > | > | Traceback (most recent call last): > | File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > | File > "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", > line 164, in __init__ > | self.service.start() > | File > "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line > 83, in start > | os.path.basename(self.path), self.start_error_message) > | selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'geckodriver' > executable needs to be in PATH. > | > | >>> > > A little research reveals that this problem already has surfaced > elsewhere e.g. at > https://askubuntu.com/questions/1104721/sudo-apt-install-firefoxdriver-does-what. > A more detailed answer at > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43272919/difference-between-webdriver-firefox-marionette-webdriver-gecko-driver/43920453 > indicates that the extenstion-powered method employed by firefoxdriver > only works until firefox 47. Later versions need "marionette" which > usually manifestst as "geckodriver" which is missing from the > firefoxdriver package. > > Given that even old-old-stable has firefox 52 already, I think we can > safely conclude that the present firefoxdriver is broken for everyone. > > For unstable, I guess geckodriver needs to be packaged. For buster it > may be best to simply remove the package in a point release. > > Also an autopkgtest would be a very good addition for this package to > catch similar issues earlier. > > Helmut >
