Installing Casperjs on Ubuntu / Debian
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Step 1: Installing PhantomJS
- Download the latest source
- Extract the archive
tar -xvf phantomjs-1.8.2-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
- Move the extracted folder to a proper location:
sudo mv phantomjs-1.8.2-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/src/phantomjs
- Create a symbolic link so we can just type “phantomjs” when we want to use “the phantom”
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/src/phantomjs/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin/phantomjs
- Check if it’s working
phantomjs --version
If you see the current PhantomJS version you can proceed with installing CasperJS.
Step 2: Installing CasperJS
- Enter a proper location to avoid moving the extracted files:
cd /usr/local/src/
- Get the source from the official git repository:
sudo git clone git://github.com/n1k0/casperjs.git
- Create symbolic link
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/src/casperjs/bin/casperjs /usr/local/bin/casperjs
- Check if it’s working
casperjs --version
Voilla, you have successfully installed CasperJS!