The CHROME_PATH environment variable must be set to a Chrome/Chromium executable no older than Chrome stable.

[mmikhan]

👋 A fresh installation with npm run dev gives the following error. I have the most recent version of Google Chrome and set the path to export CHROME_PATH="/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome" but that didn't help.

Any clue how to fix this?

[10:20:10 AM]  ERROR  The CHROME_PATH environment variable must be set to a Chrome/Chromium executable no older than Chrome stable.

  at new LauncherError (node_modules/chrome-launcher/dist/utils.js:22:22)
  at new ChromePathNotSetError (node_modules/chrome-launcher/dist/utils.js:28:9)
  at Module.linux (node_modules/chrome-launcher/dist/chrome-finder.js:124:15)
  at Launcher.getFirstInstallation (node_modules/chrome-launcher/dist/chrome-launcher.js:122:43)
  at Launcher.launch (node_modules/chrome-launcher/dist/chrome-launcher.js:190:43)
  at ChromiumExtensionRunner.launch [as chromiumLaunch] (node_modules/chrome-launcher/dist/chrome-launcher.js:33:20)
  at ChromiumExtensionRunner.setupInstance (node_modules/web-ext-run/lib/extension-runners/chromium.js:172:40)
  at async ChromiumExtensionRunner.run (node_modules/web-ext-run/lib/extension-runners/chromium.js:55:5)
  at async Promise.all (index 0)
  at async MultiExtensionRunner.run (node_modules/web-ext-run/lib/extension-runners/index.js:67:5)
  at async run (node_modules/web-ext-run/lib/cmd/run.js:183:3)
  at async Object.openBrowser (node_modules/wxt/dist/cli.js:3612:16)
  at async buildAndOpenBrowser (node_modules/wxt/dist/cli.js:3750:5)
  at async Object.start (node_modules/wxt/dist/cli.js:3709:9)
  at async node_modules/wxt/dist/cli.js:4231:5
  at async CAC.<anonymous> (node_modules/wxt/dist/cli.js:4162:22)
  at async node_modules/wxt/dist/cli.js:4313:1

[aklinker1]

https://wxt.dev/guide/directory-structure/web-ext-config.html#configuring-binaries

[mmikhan]

Unfortunately, it's still not working. I have added the following in wxt.config.ts but still no luck 😞

import { defineRunnerConfig } from "wxt";

export default defineRunnerConfig({
  binaries: {
    chrome: "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome",
  },
});

[mmikhan]

I found the exact cause. I have been running node through the official node Docker image container. This image doesn't come with any browser and as such, WXT was throwing the error. Running the node directly through the system OS fixes everything.

[aklinker1]

Hmm, interesting. Need to figure out if docker can be supported, or if there's no way for it to work... I suppose it works if you don't open the browser automatically, and load the extension manually, but I don't know. Don't have much experience using docker for anything other than deployments.