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  pip install robotframework-ftplibrary
 
  pip install robotframework-ftplibrary
 
  pip install robotframework-sshlibrary
 
  pip install robotframework-sshlibrary
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You can check if the SSH library installed successfully with:
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python -c "import SSHLibrary"
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If you find you have problems with the SSH library, reinstalling the support libraries for the SSH library through yum might help:
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sudo pip uninstall pycrypto
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sudo yum erase python-crypto
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sudo yum clean all
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sudo yum install python-crypto
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sudo yum install python-paramiko
    
Note that selenium needs a browser to drive, so you'll need to install a graphical GUI, you can do this by:
 
Note that selenium needs a browser to drive, so you'll need to install a graphical GUI, you can do this by:
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Here is an outline of that process: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo
 
Here is an outline of that process: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo
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==RIDE==
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== Additional Tools ==
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The Robotframework has its own IDE called RIDE. It is particularly useful for running individual tests.
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There are a number of tools that are useful in developing tests. This section lists a number of these:
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Info here:
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=== RIDE IDE ===
 
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The Robotframework has its own IDE called RIDE. It is particularly useful for running individual tests
https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/wiki
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during development. More info here https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/wiki . It be easily installed with:
 
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and can be easily installed with:
      
  pip install robotframework-ride
 
  pip install robotframework-ride
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   ride.py sme
 
   ride.py sme
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=== XPath Checker Firefox Plugin ===
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It sometimes is quite tricky to locate the right element in a web page to check or click. One method
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that selenium supports is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPath XPaths].
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In order to develop these, I found the Firefox plugin 'XPaths Checker' particularly useful.
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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/xpath-checker/
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