Unable to start appium session using appium GUI inspector even after upgrading or installing appium v2.5

[shyam6363]

Unable to start appium session using appium GUI inspector even after upgrading or installing appium v2.5

[shyam6363]

Finally, Thanks.

Appium v2.5.4
Node: 18.20.2
npm -version : 10.5.2

Before starting the installation, refer the following documentation

Link: https://appium.io/docs/en/2.5/quickstart/requirements/

Note:

1. Node Js with "LTS is recommended" should be installed.

During installation
-------------------

1. Execute or open the Command prompt in "Run as administrator" Mode.

2. While installing appium, set ssl false.i.e npm config set strict-ssl=false

3.While installing the appium,"set APPIUM_SKIP_CHROMEDRIVER_INSTALL=1" needs to set as environment variable
& then "appium driver install uiautomator2" needs to be used.

4. Verify the uiautomator installation.
   appium driver list

5.After installation we can set the ssl as "true".
npm config set strict-ssl=true

[mykola-mokhnach]

"detail": "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node install-npm.js\n[15:08:34] Error installing Chromedriver: unable to verify the first certificate\n[15:08:35] Error: unable to verify the first certificate\n at Function.AxiosError.from

It looks like there is an issue with your network or the google server, so it couldn't verify the remote certificate. Please follow
https://github.com/appium/appium-uiautomator2-driver?tab=readme-ov-file#troubleshooting-chromedriver-download-issues

[eglitise]

Also, please follow the Inspector quickstart instructions. You do not need to change Remote Path to /wd/hub if you are launching Appium with appium --allow-cors. You also need to specify valid capabilities.

[shyam6363]

I am unable to install uiautomator2 with npm as well.

npm WARN cleanup Failed to remove some directories [
npm WARN cleanup [
npm WARN cleanup 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\appium',
npm WARN cleanup [Error: EBUSY: resource busy or locked, rmdir 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\appium'] {
npm WARN cleanup errno: -4082,
npm WARN cleanup code: 'EBUSY',
npm WARN cleanup syscall: 'rmdir',
npm WARN cleanup path: 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\appium'
npm WARN cleanup }
npm WARN cleanup ],
npm WARN cleanup [
npm WARN cleanup 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\portscanner',
npm WARN cleanup [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\portscanner'] {
npm WARN cleanup errno: -4048,
npm WARN cleanup code: 'EPERM',
npm WARN cleanup syscall: 'rmdir',
npm WARN cleanup path: 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\portscanner'
npm WARN cleanup }
npm WARN cleanup ],
npm WARN cleanup [
npm WARN cleanup 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver',
npm WARN cleanup [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\winston-transport\node_modules'] {
npm WARN cleanup errno: -4048,
npm WARN cleanup code: 'EPERM',
npm WARN cleanup syscall: 'rmdir',
npm WARN cleanup path: 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\winston-transport\node_modules'
npm WARN cleanup }
npm WARN cleanup ]
npm WARN cleanup ]
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\appium-chromedriver
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node install-npm.js
npm ERR! [18:58:39] Error installing Chromedriver: unable to verify the first certificate
npm ERR! [18:58:39] Error: unable to verify the first certificate
npm ERR! at Function.AxiosError.from (C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\core\AxiosError.js:89:14)
npm ERR! at RedirectableRequest.handleRequestError (C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\adapters\http.js:610:25)
npm ERR! at RedirectableRequest.emit (node:events:529:35)
npm ERR! at ClientRequest.eventHandlers. (C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\follow-redirects\index.js:38:24)
npm ERR! at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:517:28)
npm ERR! at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:501:9)
npm ERR! at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:517:28)
npm ERR! at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
npm ERR! at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
npm ERR! at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
npm ERR! at Axios.request (C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\core\Axios.js:45:41)
npm ERR! at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
npm ERR! at retrieveData (C:\Users\Healthcubed\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\appium-chromedriver\lib\utils.js:92:5)
npm ERR! [18:58:39] Downloading Chromedriver can be skipped by setting the'APPIUM_SKIP_CHROMEDRIVER_INSTALL' environment variable.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\Healthcubed\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2024-04-22T13_28_25_408Z-debug-0.log

[shyam6363]

[shyam6363]

Please help. I am stuck here.

[KazuCocoa]

Did you set APPIUM_SKIP_CHROMEDRIVER_INSTALL as #20026 (comment) (https://github.com/appium/appium-uiautomator2-driver?tab=readme-ov-file#troubleshooting-chromedriver-download-issues) to avoid Downloading Chromedriver can be skipped by setting the'APPIUM_SKIP_CHROMEDRIVER_INSTALL' environment variable.?

[shyam6363]

Hi,

My Appium version is v2.5.4
Node version is 18.20.2
Npm version is 10.5.2

I set the environment variable to "APPIUM_SKIP_CHROMEDRIVER_INSTALL". Still i am unable to install "uiautomator2"

Logs
C:>appium driver install uiautomator2
√ Checking if 'appium-uiautomator2-driver' is compatible
× Installing 'uiautomator2' using NPM install spec 'appium-uiautomator2-driver'
Error: × Encountered an error when installing package: npm command 'install --save-dev --no-progress --no-audit --omit=peer --save-exact --global-style --no-package-lock appium-uiautomator2-driver --json' failed with code 1.

STDOUT:
{
"error": {
"code": 1,
"summary": "command failed",
"detail": "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node install-npm.js\n[14:01:15] Error installing Chromedriver: unable to verify the first certificate\n[14:01:15] Error: unable to verify the first certificate\n at Function.AxiosError.from (C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\core\AxiosError.js:89:14)\n at RedirectableRequest.handleRequestError (C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\adapters\http.js:610:25)\n at RedirectableRequest.emit (node:events:529:35)\n at ClientRequest.eventHandlers. (C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\follow-redirects\index.js:38:24)\n at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:517:28)\n at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:501:9)\n at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:517:28)\n at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)\n at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)\n at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)\n at Axios.request (C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\core\Axios.js:45:41)\n at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n at retrieveData (C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\appium-chromedriver\lib\utils.js:92:5)\n[14:01:15] Downloading Chromedriver can be skipped by setting the'APPIUM_SKIP_CHROMEDRIVER_INSTALL' environment variable."
}
}

STDERR:
npm WARN config global-style This option has been deprecated in favor of --install-strategy=shallow
npm WARN cleanup Failed to remove some directories [
npm WARN cleanup [
npm WARN cleanup 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\@DeviceFarmer',
npm WARN cleanup [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules@devicefarmer'] {
npm WARN cleanup errno: -4048,
npm WARN cleanup code: 'EPERM',
npm WARN cleanup syscall: 'rmdir',
npm WARN cleanup path: 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\@DeviceFarmer'
npm WARN cleanup }
npm WARN cleanup ],
npm WARN cleanup [
npm WARN cleanup 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver',
npm WARN cleanup [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\resolve\test\resolver'] {
npm WARN cleanup errno: -4048,
npm WARN cleanup code: 'EPERM',
npm WARN cleanup syscall: 'rmdir',
npm WARN cleanup path: 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\resolve\test\resolver'
npm WARN cleanup }
npm WARN cleanup ],
npm WARN cleanup [
npm WARN cleanup 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules',
npm WARN cleanup [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\spdy-transport'] {
npm WARN cleanup errno: -4048,
npm WARN cleanup code: 'EPERM',
npm WARN cleanup syscall: 'rmdir',
npm WARN cleanup path: 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\spdy-transport'
npm WARN cleanup }
npm WARN cleanup ]
npm WARN cleanup ]
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\appium-chromedriver
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node install-npm.js
npm ERR! [14:01:15] Error installing Chromedriver: unable to verify the first certificate
npm ERR! [14:01:15] Error: unable to verify the first certificate
npm ERR! at Function.AxiosError.from (C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\core\AxiosError.js:89:14)
npm ERR! at RedirectableRequest.handleRequestError (C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\adapters\http.js:610:25)
npm ERR! at RedirectableRequest.emit (node:events:529:35)
npm ERR! at ClientRequest.eventHandlers. (C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\follow-redirects\index.js:38:24)
npm ERR! at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:517:28)
npm ERR! at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:501:9)
npm ERR! at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:517:28)
npm ERR! at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
npm ERR! at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
npm ERR! at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
npm ERR! at Axios.request (C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\core\Axios.js:45:41)
npm ERR! at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
npm ERR! at retrieveData (C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\appium-chromedriver\lib\utils.js:92:5)
npm ERR! [14:01:15] Downloading Chromedriver can be skipped by setting the'APPIUM_SKIP_CHROMEDRIVER_INSTALL' environment variable.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\Healthcubed\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2024-04-23T08_30_37_242Z-debug-0.log

[eglitise]

Please follow the instructions properly. The variable name is APPIUM_SKIP_CHROMEDRIVER_INSTALL and the value is 1.

[shyam6363]

Hi eglitise.

I tried but it's still not happening. Can you please show step by step?
However here's my result
C:\Users\Healthcubed>set CHROME_SKIP
CHROME_SKIP=APPIUM_SKIP_CHROMEDRIVER_INSTALL=1

C:\Users\Healthcubed>appium driver install uiautomator2
√ Checking if 'appium-uiautomator2-driver' is compatible
× Installing 'uiautomator2' using NPM install spec 'appium-uiautomator2-driver'
Error: × Encountered an error when installing package: npm command 'install --save-dev --no-progress --no-audit --omit=peer --save-exact --global-style --no-package-lock appium-uiautomator2-driver --json' failed with code 1.

STDOUT:
{
"error": {
"code": 1,
"summary": "command failed",
"detail": "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node install-npm.js\n[15:55:22] Error installing Chromedriver: unable to verify the first certificate\n[15:55:22] Error: unable to verify the first certificate\n at Function.AxiosError.from (C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\core\AxiosError.js:89:14)\n at RedirectableRequest.handleRequestError (C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\adapters\http.js:610:25)\n at RedirectableRequest.emit (node:events:529:35)\n at ClientRequest.eventHandlers. (C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\follow-redirects\index.js:38:24)\n at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:517:28)\n at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:501:9)\n at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:517:28)\n at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)\n at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)\n at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)\n at Axios.request (C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\core\Axios.js:45:41)\n at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n at retrieveData (C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\appium-chromedriver\lib\utils.js:92:5)\n[15:55:22] Downloading Chromedriver can be skipped by setting the'APPIUM_SKIP_CHROMEDRIVER_INSTALL' environment variable."
}
}

STDERR:
npm WARN config global-style This option has been deprecated in favor of --install-strategy=shallow
npm WARN cleanup Failed to remove some directories [
npm WARN cleanup [
npm WARN cleanup 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver',
npm WARN cleanup [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\hpack.js'] {
npm WARN cleanup errno: -4048,
npm WARN cleanup code: 'EPERM',
npm WARN cleanup syscall: 'rmdir',
npm WARN cleanup path: 'C:\Users\Healthcubed\.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\hpack.js'
npm WARN cleanup }
npm WARN cleanup ]
npm WARN cleanup ]
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\appium-chromedriver
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node install-npm.js
npm ERR! [15:55:22] Error installing Chromedriver: unable to verify the first certificate
npm ERR! [15:55:22] Error: unable to verify the first certificate
npm ERR! at Function.AxiosError.from (C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\core\AxiosError.js:89:14)
npm ERR! at RedirectableRequest.handleRequestError (C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\adapters\http.js:610:25)
npm ERR! at RedirectableRequest.emit (node:events:529:35)
npm ERR! at ClientRequest.eventHandlers. (C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\follow-redirects\index.js:38:24)
npm ERR! at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:517:28)
npm ERR! at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:501:9)
npm ERR! at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:517:28)
npm ERR! at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
npm ERR! at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
npm ERR! at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
npm ERR! at Axios.request (C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\axios\lib\core\Axios.js:45:41)
npm ERR! at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
npm ERR! at retrieveData (C:\Users\Healthcubed.appium\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver\node_modules\appium-chromedriver\lib\utils.js:92:5)
npm ERR! [15:55:22] Downloading Chromedriver can be skipped by setting the'APPIUM_SKIP_CHROMEDRIVER_INSTALL' environment variable.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\Healthcubed\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2024-04-23T10_24_43_094Z-debug-0.log

[eglitise]

@shyam6363 does starting a session in the Inspector also work?

[shyam6363]

Yes it's working perfectly.

Thanks