[GH-ISSUE #501] Question: [X] Unable to find a working version of Chrome/Chromium, is it installed and in your $PATH? #1837

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opened 2026-03-01 17:54:09 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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Originally created by @XDavidT on GitHub (Oct 6, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/501

I just used installed ArchiveBox on Ubuntu Server 20.04 using pip3.
I can't archive anything since I get this error every time:

[X] Unable to find a working version of Chrome/Chromium, is it installed and in your $PATH?

Trying to add more site:
! CHROME_BINARY: unable to find binary (unable to detect version)

Originally created by @XDavidT on GitHub (Oct 6, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/501 I just used installed ArchiveBox on Ubuntu Server 20.04 using pip3. I can't archive anything since I get this error every time: > [X] Unable to find a working version of Chrome/Chromium, is it installed and in your $PATH? Trying to add more site: `! CHROME_BINARY: unable to find binary (unable to detect version)`

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@cdvv7788 commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2020):

@XDavidT you need to install chrome as mentioned in the quickstart. You can also disable it, but then half of the extractors will be disabled along chrome.
You will also need to install node and run npm install.

Docker provides a way to run archivebox easily, in case this is proving difficult.

@cdvv7788 commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2020): @XDavidT you need to install chrome as mentioned in the [quickstart](https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox#quickstart). You can also disable it, but then half of the extractors will be disabled along chrome. You will also need to install node and run npm install. Docker provides a way to run `archivebox` easily, in case this is proving difficult.

kerem commented

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@XDavidT commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2020):

I think we need to put it before 'How does it work?'
Thx!

@XDavidT commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2020): I think we need to put it before 'How does it work?' Thx!

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