npm install -g appium

The problem

Appium installation fails at downloading chromedriver. When I checked the folder the driver is there, so not sure why it fails. I WAS able to download the Appium client, WS; just not Appium server.

[Snippet] [17:47:56] [Chromedriver Install] Downloading https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.46/chromedriver_win32.zip… RequestError: Error: connect ETIMEDOUT 172.217.164.144:443

[Full message]

c:\node-v10.15.3-win-x64>npm install -g appium
npm WARN deprecated fsevents@2.0.1: Not Ready For Production
c:\node-v10.15.3-win-x64\authorize-ios -> c:\node-v10.15.3-win-x64\node_modules\appium\node_modules\.bin\authorize-ios
c:\node-v10.15.3-win-x64\appium -> c:\node-v10.15.3-win-x64\node_modules\appium\build\lib\main.js

> appium-chromedriver@4.11.0 install c:\node-v10.15.3-win-x64\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-chromedriver
> node install-npm.js

[17:47:56] [Chromedriver Install] Installing Chromedriver version '2.46' for platform 'win' and architecture '32'
[17:47:56] [Chromedriver Install] Opening temp file to write 'chromedriver_win32' to...
[17:47:56] [Chromedriver Install] Opened temp file 'C:\Users\deng\AppData\Local\Temp\2\2019221-1936-1huogvw.no7ui\chromedriver_win32.zip'
[17:47:56] [Chromedriver Install] Downloading https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.46/chromedriver_win32.zip...
RequestError: Error: connect ETIMEDOUT 172.217.164.144:443
    at new RequestError (c:\node-v10.15.3-win-x64\node_modules\appium\node_modules\request-promise-core\lib\errors.js:14:15)
    at Request.plumbing.callback (c:\node-v10.15.3-win-x64\node_modules\appium\node_modules\request-promise-core\lib\plumbing.js:87:29)
    at Request.RP$callback [as _callback] (c:\node-v10.15.3-win-x64\node_modules\appium\node_modules\request-promise-core\lib\plumbing.js:46:31)
    at self.callback (c:\node-v10.15.3-win-x64\node_modules\appium\node_modules\request\request.js:185:22)
    at Request.emit (events.js:189:13)
    at Request.onRequestError (c:\node-v10.15.3-win-x64\node_modules\appium\node_modules\request\request.js:881:8)
    at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:189:13)
    at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:392:9)
    at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:189:13)
    at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:82:8)
    at emitErrorAndCloseNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:50:3)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@2.0.1 (node_modules\appium\node_modules\fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.0.1: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"}
)

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! appium-chromedriver@4.11.0 install: `node install-npm.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the appium-chromedriver@4.11.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\deng\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2019-03-22T00_49_07_467Z-debug.log

c:\node-v10.15.3-win-x64>

Environment

• Appium version: the latest one that npm installs
• Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable): unsure
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: Win 7
• Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): 10.15.3
• Npm or Yarn package manager: NPM 6.4.1
• Mobile platform/version under test: Appium
• Real device or emulator/simulator: unsure
• Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: unsure

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Code To Reproduce Issue [ Good To Have ]

1. Open CMD 2, execute command: npm install -g appium

[mykola-mokhnach]

[dpgraham]

@DavidEngNJ you can download Appium Desktop from http://appium.io… it’s a GUI with Appium bundled in it.