How to install Firewatir

Question

I tried to install firewatir, and got the following error. I would be grateful for assistance.

C:\>gem install firewatir
Successfully installed firewatir-1.9.4
option --accessor is deprecated: support discontinued
file 'def_wrap=R,def_wrap_guard=R,def_creator=R,def_creator_with_default=R' not found
Installing ri documentation for firewatir-1.9.4
1 gem installed

Answer 1

Firewatir has been deprecated. You should use watir-webdriver instead, which can control chrome, firefox and others.

To install:

gem install watir-webdriver

To use:

require 'watir-webdriver'
browser = Watir::Browser.new :firefox # Will open a firefox browser

Note that if you use the watir gem, it supports both IE (using watir-classic) and other browsers (using watir-webdriver). I believe both gems are installed if you did gem install watir. This means you can do:

require 'watir'

# If you want to use Firefox
browser = Watir::Browser.new :firefox

# If you want to use IE
browser = Watir::Browser.new :ie

If you do not specify a browser the default will be IE on windows and Firefox on other platforms.