How can I setup run PhantomJS on Ubuntu

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I set up PhantomJS and recorded it to video  https   www dailymotion com video xnizmh 1 webcam  Build instructions  http   phantomjs org build html  Is there anything wrong in my setup   After I set it up I read the quick start tutorial and tried to write this code  phantomjs hello js    It gives me  command not found  error  How can I solve this problem

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On Ubuntu for Windows  I found neither apt-get nor npm versions worked for me  What worked was the script from this comment   For ease of use  I pasted the whole thing into a script file called install phantomjs sh  made it executable  chmod u x install phantomjs sh   and then ran it    install phantomjs sh

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download from phantomjs website the prebuilt package   http   phantomjs org download html then open a terminal and go to the Downloads folder  sudo mv phantomjs-1 8 1-linux-x86 64 tar bz2  usr local share   cd  usr local share  sudo tar xjf phantomjs-1 8 1-linux-x86 64 tar bz2 sudo ln -s  usr local share phantomjs-1 8 1-linux-x86 64  usr local share phantomjs sudo ln -s  usr local share phantomjs bin phantomjs  usr local bin phantomjs   then to check install phantomjs -v should return 1 8 1

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This is how I place a specific version of phantomjs in  usr local bin on my docker containers   curl -Ls https   github com Medium phantomjs releases download v1 9 19 phantomjs-1 9 8-linux-x86 64 tar bz2         tar jxvf - --strip-components 2 -C  usr local bin    phantomjs-1 9 8-linux-x86 64 bin phantomjs   or with out    depending on OS   curl -Ls https   github com Medium phantomjs releases download v1 9 19 phantomjs-1 9 8-linux-x86 64 tar bz2         tar jxvf - --strip-components 2 -C  usr local bin  phantomjs-1 9 8-linux-x86 64 bin phantomjs

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For Ubuntu you can use the prebuilt versions downloadable from the PhantomJS site   If you have some serious time on your hands you can also build it yourself   This is exactly the procedure from Nikhil s answer    The guys over at PhantomJS recommend using the binaries to save time       Warning  Compiling PhantomJS from source takes a long time  mainly due to thousands of files in the WebKit module  With 4 parallel compile jobs on a modern machine  the entire process takes roughly 30 minutes  It is highly recommended to download and install the ready-made binary package if it is available    With a modern machine they mean   4 cores    8gb mem I think  I tried it on a micro AWS instance and gave up after 2 hours   In short  install the prebuilt packages from the PhantomJS site per their instructions

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I know this is too old  but  just i case someone gets to this question from Google now  you can install it by typing apt-get install phantomjs

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PhantomJS is on npm  You can run this command to install it globally   npm install -g phantomjs-prebuilt     phantomjs -v should return 2 1 1

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For Ubuntu  download the suitable file from http   phantomjs org download html  CD to the downloaded folder  Then   sudo tar xvf phantomjs-1 9 0-linux-x86 64 tar bz2 sudo mv phantomjs-1 9 0-linux-x86 64  usr local share phantomjs sudo ln -s  usr local share phantomjs bin phantomjs  usr bin phantomjs   Make sure to replace the file name in these commands with the file you have downloaded

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Here is what I did  on my ubuntu 16 04 machine  sudo apt-get update sudo wget https   bitbucket org ariya phantomjs downloads phantomjs-2 1 1-linux-x86 64 tar bz2 sudo mv path where you downloaded phantomjs   usr bin   and finally when I do  phantomjs -v   I get 2 1 1  After going through every answer of this thread  I think this is the best solution for installing and running phantomjs in ubuntu

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Guidouil s answer put me on the right track  I had to add one additional symlink to  usr bin   and I did direct symlinks for all 3 - see below   I m installing on Ubuntu server Natty Narwhal   This is exactly what I did   cd  usr local share sudo wget https   bitbucket org ariya phantomjs downloads phantomjs-1 9 7-linux-x86 64 tar bz2 sudo tar xjf phantomjs-1 9 7-linux-x86 64 tar bz2 sudo ln -s  usr local share phantomjs-1 9 7-linux-x86 64 bin phantomjs  usr local share phantomjs sudo ln -s  usr local share phantomjs-1 9 7-linux-x86 64 bin phantomjs  usr local bin phantomjs sudo ln -s  usr local share phantomjs-1 9 7-linux-x86 64 bin phantomjs  usr bin phantomjs   And finally when I do  phantomjs -v   I get 1 9 7  If anyone sees any problems with what I ve done  please let me know

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See link  Installation guide is in         https   gist github com julionc 7476620   And run in terminal with this command     phantomjs --webdriver 4444

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in my vagrant bootstrap   apt-get install -y build-essential chrpath git-core libssl-dev libfontconfig1-dev git clone git   github com ariya phantomjs git cd phantomjs git checkout 1 9 echo y     build sh ln -s  home vagrant phantomjs bin phantomjs  usr local bin phantomjs cd

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On linux to run hello js don t forget to add the path of hello js   phantomjs YourPathToPhantomjsFolder examples hello js

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Or the latest - 32bit version Linux  sudo wget http   phantomjs googlecode com files phantomjs-1 9 2-linux-i686 tar bz2  sudo ln -s  usr local share phantomjs-1 9 2-linux-i686 bin phantomjs  usr local share phantomjs  sudo ln -s  usr local share phantomjs-1 9 2-linux-i686 bin phantomjs  usr local bin phantomjs  sudo ln -s  usr local share phantomjs-1 9 2-linux-i686 bin phantomjs  usr bin phantomjs

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Be aware this is definitely one way to do it     sudo apt-get install phantomjs   phantomjs -v 1 6 0   Sadly  it installs 1 6 and not the latest one  but this works for my purposes

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I have found this simpler way - Phantom dependencies   Npm   sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential chrpath libssl-dev libxft-dev sudo apt-get install libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev   and npm   sudo  npm install -g phantomjs   Done

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Personaly I prefer using npm  see Arnel Bucio answer   sudo npm install -g phantomjs   but  I noticed that some of npm module still can t see it as global executable     so    Create new  usr share phantomjs  directory link  cd  usr share sudo ln -s    lib node modules phantomjs lib phantom phantomjs  Remove old  usr bin phantomjs executable link and create the new one  cd  usr bin sudo mv phantomjs phantomjs old sudo ln -s    share phantomjs

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Here are the build steps I used  note these instructions are for version 1 3  See comments to this answer for the installation instructions of the latest PhantomJS    sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install git-core sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev libqtwebkit-dev qt4-qmake git clone git   github com ariya phantomjs git  amp  amp  cd phantomjs git checkout 1 3 qmake-qt4  amp  amp  make   Now install Xvfb  sudo apt-get install xvfb xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-cyrillic   Launch Xvfb  Xvfb  23 -screen 0 1024x768x24  amp   Now run phantom  DISPLAY  23   phantomjs hello js

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Install from package manager   sudo apt-get install phantomjs

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You can get up and running without sudo or npm  Simply download  extract  and add to path    This has the added advantage of easy backup if you are in the habit of backing up your entire home folder which I highly recommend  This also works with any version of Linux       cd      wget https   bitbucket org ariya phantomjs downloads phantomjs-2 1 1-linux-x86 64 tar bz2    mkdir phantomjs    tar xjf phantomjs-2 1 1-linux-x86 64 tar bz2 -C phantomjs    echo  export PATH   PATH  HOME phantomjs bin    gt  gt   profile    source  profile    phantomjs -v 2 1 1   The disadvantages are     You will need to manually upgrade Other users will not have access to this     You could use a very simple shell script for installing upgrading     bin sh   install phantomjs sh  VERSION   VERSION    1 printf  Downloading PhantomJS  VERSION    n  wget  https   bitbucket org ariya phantomjs downloads phantomjs- VERSION-linux-x86 64 tar bz2   printf  Extracting PhantomJS  VERSION to   phantomjs    n  mkdir   phantomjs tar xjf phantomjs- VERSION-linux-x86 64 tar bz2 -C   phantomjs  printf  Done  Make sure  HOME phantomjs bin is in your path  n    Or in a Dockerfile    Download and setup PhantomJS ENV PHANTOMJS VERSION 2 1 1 RUN curl -fSL  https   bitbucket org ariya phantomjs downloads phantomjs- PHANTOMJS VERSION-linux-x86 64 tar bz2  -o  tmp phantomjs tar bz2  amp  amp      mkdir   phantomjs  amp  amp      tar xjf  tmp phantomjs tar bz2 -C   phantomjs  amp  amp      rm  tmp phantomjs tar bz2 ENV PATH  home  USERNAME phantomjs bin  PATH

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If you want to use phantomjs easily  you can use it at phantomjscloud com You can get the result just by http request

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From the official site  phantomjs site  sudo apt-get install build-essential chrpath git-core libssl-dev libfontconfig1-dev git clone git   github com ariya phantomjs git cd phantomjs git checkout 1 8   build sh

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For PhantomJS version above 1 5  consider this  verbatim copy of the build instructions on the phantom website       For Ubuntu Linux  tested on a barebone install of Ubuntu 10 04 Lucid   Lynx and Ubuntu 11 04 Natty Narwhal    sudo apt-get install build-essential chrpath git-core libssl-dev libfontconfig1-dev git clone git   github com ariya phantomjs git cd phantomjs git checkout 1 7   build sh

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I have done with this   sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential chrpath git-core libssl-dev libfontconfig1-dev git clone git   github com ariya phantomjs git cd phantomjs git checkout 1 9   build sh

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Installation and Calling Phantomjs Follow the steps doesn t work  but cloned from others built   ver2 0

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Bellow the installation procedure by Julio Napur   https   gist github com julionc  Version  1 9 8  Platform  x86 64  First  install or update to the latest system software   sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential chrpath libssl-dev libxft-dev   Install these packages needed by PhantomJS to work correctly   sudo apt-get install libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev   Get it from the PhantomJS website   cd   export PHANTOM JS  phantomjs-1 9 8-linux-x86 64  wget https   bitbucket org ariya phantomjs downloads  PHANTOM JS tar bz2 sudo tar xvjf  PHANTOM JS tar bz2   Once downloaded  move Phantomjs folder to  usr local share  and create a symlink   sudo mv  PHANTOM JS  usr local share sudo ln -sf  usr local share  PHANTOM JS bin phantomjs  usr local bin   Now  It should have PhantomJS properly on your system   phantomjs --version

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