“Appium Installer — 1”: What is ‘appium-installer’ / How to install / Key Features of it

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What is appium-installer?

appium-installer is an official command-line utility from Appium that helps you install Appium drivers and plugins easily in Appium 2.x.

In Appium 2, the core server is decoupled from platform-specific drivers (like uiautomator2, xcuitest, etc.) and plugins (like relaxed security, image-element, etc.). So you need a way to add/remove drivers/plugins manually.

appium-installer simplifies this process by providing an interactive or scripted way to install and manage drivers/plugins.

How to Install appium-installer

You can install it globally using npm:

npm install -g appium-installer

Example:

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To verify the installation:

appium-installer --help

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Key Features of appium-installer

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Usage Examples:

Launch Interactive Installer

appium-installer

You’ll get a terminal-based UI to:

• Install drivers
• Install plugins
• View/remove existing ones

Example:

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