Mac OSX - IllegalStateException: The driver is not executable:

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  brew tap homebrew/cask && brew cask install chromedriver
  

Original answered Nov 15 '17 at 12:04

The error IllegalStateException: The driver is not executable: /Users/roja/Documents/GitHub/testautomation/chromedrivers/chromedriver_osx says it all. You have to make exactly 4 changes as follows :

• Change Webdriver.chrome.driver as :

  webdriver.chrome.driver
  

• Change /Users/roja/Automation/chromedriver_osx as we need to include the name of the webdriver binary i.e. chromedriver as a value :

  /Users/roja/Automation/chromedriver_osx/chromedriver
  

• Change driver = new ChromeDriver(); as :

  WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
  

• Remove unwanted throws InterruptedException to keep your code short and simple.

FYI I had to do the solution proposed by varunrao321: Navigate to the folder containing chromedriver and run chmod +x chromedriver

I tried giving full permission to the chromedriver and it works fine.

chmod +x chromedriver

or

chmod 777 chromedriver

Another solution that worked for me. Navigate to the folder containing chromedriver and run "chmod +x chromedriver"

Worked for me as well:

Step 1: Open terminal
Step 2: Navigate to the path folder containing chromedriver
Step 3: Run chmod +x chromedriver