The chromium-chromedriver package is a suite of tools that allows you to control the Chromium web browser from the command line. It includes the chromedriver tool, which is a standalone server that implements the WebDriver protocol for Chrome, as well as the chromium-browser tool, which is a command-line wrapper for the Chromium web browser.
To install the chromium-chromedriver package on Ubuntu, you will need to use the apt-get utility, which is a command-line package manager for Debian-based systems, including Ubuntu.
Installing chromium-chromedriver in Ubuntu
To install chromium-chromedriver with apt-get, follow these steps:
1. Open a terminal window.
2. Update the package lists by running the following command:
$ sudo apt-get update
3. Install the chromium-chromedriver package by running the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install chromium-chromedriver
Uninstalling the chromium-chromedriver package
You can uninstall chromium-chromedriver package from Ubuntu through the terminal:
$ sudo apt-get remove chromium-chromedriver
Uninstall chromium-chromedriver including dependent package
If you would like to remove chromium-chromedriver and it’s dependent packages which are no longer needed, use the below command to remove the chromium-chromedriver package:
$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove chromium-chromedriver
Use Purging chromium-chromedriver
If you want to completely remove the chromium-chromedriver package and all its configuration files, you can use the purge option instead of remove, like this:
$ sudo apt-get purge chromium-chromedriver
If you use purge options along with auto remove, will be removed everything regarding the package, It’s really useful when you want to reinstall again.
$ sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove chromium-chromedriver