Bhargava Batchu: HOW TO Install Robot Framework in Windows 7,8 and Windows 10

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Here you have the steps I follow to install and configure Robot Framework and RIDE (Robot Framework GUI) in Windows 7, 8 and Windows 10, integrating Selenium and AutoIT libraries I use for test automation.

0. DONWLOAD JAVA JRE

http://java.com/en/download/ (– version 8 update 45)

0.1 Install. Default installation.

1. DOWNLOAD PYTHON (2.7.X NEEDED)

https://www.python.org/downloads/

Download the latest version for your operating system (eg: Windows)

1.1. Install. Default installation.

2. ADD PYTHON SCRIPTS FOLDER TO WINDOWS PATH

4.1. Right click on “Computer” > “Properties”.
4.2. Click on “Advanced System Settings” link. Click on “Environment variables” button.
4.3. In “System variables” section, select “Path” and click on “Edit”.
4.4. In the field “Value”, ADD at the end of the line: “;C:Python27;C:Python27Scripts” (this is default path, we have to modify it if we have installed Python in a different folder. During Python installation, path can be also added automatically if the corresponding option is selected).
4.5. “OK” to all.

5. INSTALL ROBOT FRAMEWORK

5.1. Run “Command promt”

5.2. Execute pip install robotframework

4: Install wxPython

Pip install –u wxPython

6. DOWNLOAD RIDE (ROBOT FRAMEWORK IDE)

https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/releases/download/v1.4/robotframework-ride-1.4.win-amd64.exe

6.1. Install. Default installation.

7. INSTALL SELENIUM LIBRARY

7.1. Run “Command promt”

7.2. Execute “pip install –upgrade robotframework-seleniumlibrary”

Step 5: Install RIDE

To install RIDE, open the command prompt and type the following command.

pip install robotframework-ride

9. RUN “RIDE.PY”

Click on the RIDE shortcut on your Desktop or click on “Start” > “Run” and type “ride.py”.

10. THAT’S ALL!! WE SHOULD HAVE NOW RIDE RUNNING ON OUR SCREEN!