Setting environment variable for CHROME_BIN does not work - environment-variables

Question

I'm trying to use Karma for testing my js scripts. In the doc it says I should set the environment variable for CHROME_BIN:
I've set it to
%programfiles(x86)%"\Google\Chrome\Application\Chrome.exe
but when I type %CHROME_BIN% in DOS, it fails as it's truncated to C:\Program of the space in Program Files.
What can I do to work around with this problem?

Answer 1

Was facing the same issue and I solved it by editing the karma.conf.js and karma-e2e.conf.js files which is under config directory.
Change:
browsers = ['Chrome'];
TO
browsers = ['Your_System_Path_where_chrome_installed/chrome.exe'];
in my case it was > C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe
and then add C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe path to environment variables
or in cmd
SET CHROME_BIN = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
Additional: Settings for other browsers can be seen here.
And about why chrome one is not working I guess they(Karma) have configured their chrome path from some earlier versions of chrome.
Update: For AngularJS tutorial Followers:
You still might face problems (as I faced) while running karma test runner on some tutorial steps and to resolve this: just add these "Angular Scenario Dependencies" in both the "...conf.js" files, like this:
files = [
ANGULAR_SCENARIO,
ANGULAR_SCENARIO_ADAPTER,
....
.... // keep rest of the lines as it is
....
];

Answer 2

In Powershell you can run the following command:
$Env:CHROME_BIN = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
You need to replace the stuff within the double quotes with your local path.
Or in cmd.exe
SET CHROME_BIN = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
This is all you would need to get it going.

Answer 3

I have solved the same issue by setting CHROME_BIN in my environment properties like this:
c:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe
There have to be no double quotes (") around the property value and all backslash signs (\) have to be replaced by slash signs (/)

Answer 4

For Chromium in ubuntu 14.04 edit test/karma.conf.js and change
browsers = ['Chrome'];
for
browsers = ['chromium-browser'];

Answer 5

I've found that installing Canary and changing browsers = ['Chrome']; to browsers = ['ChromeCanary']; is nicer.

Answer 6

I solved the problem by running from an Administrator Command Prompt. No need to set CHROME_BIN and it will automatically point to your default installation.

Answer 7

Use set (see http://ss64.com/nt/set.html) and place the quotes around the entire string
"%programfiles(x86)%\Google\Chrome\Application\Chrome.exe"

Answer 8

(In Linux) I thought it was related to CHROME_BIN but in the end for me it had nothing to do with that variable and i removed it. I had to lookup the karma-chrome-launcher npm plugin on github and follow the instructions for adding no security to my karma config.