Install Appium with terminal on MAC by using node.js

Appium is a server written in Node.js. It can be built and installed directly from NPM. To install it, First you need to have brew installed in your machine then install the node by using brew and finally install the appium server from npm.

Follow the below commands to install appium on your mac.

1. Run below command in the terminal if you don't have brew installed on your mac.

• ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

2. Run below commands step by step in the terminal to install appium on back end in your system

• brew install node
• npm install -g appium
• npm install wd

Check appium is installed in your machine by following the below step

• Open terminal
• Type 'appium' and press enter
• You can see the below one if appium is installed successfully on your machine

Appium installation with command line on Windows by using node.js

Appium is a server written in Node.js. It can be built and installed directly from NPM. You can able to start and stop the server without GUI help and able to see the logs in the same command prompt for every action what you perform.

To install it, First install the node.js then install the appium server from npm.

Follow the below steps to install appium on your Winodws.

1. Download latest node.js MSI from node.js website and install it. This will also installs node’s npm tool (node package manager) which we will use to install Appium Server. Once install, it will automatically set the path in environment variables.

2. After node.js installation, run the below commands step by step in command prompt to install the appium on back end in your system

• npm install -g appium
• npm install wd

Check appium is installed in your machine by following the below step

• Open command prompt
• Type 'appium' and press enter
• You can see the below one if appium is installed successfully on your machine