Appium 1.5.1 Released!

failed to install with:

npm ERR! Darwin 15.3.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/Cellar/node/5.6.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "appium@1.5.1"
npm ERR! node v5.6.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.6.0
npm ERR! path /usr/local/bin/appium
npm ERR! code EEXIST

npm ERR! Refusing to delete /usr/local/bin/appium: ../lib/node_modules/appium/bin/appium.js symlink target is not controlled by npm /usr/local
npm ERR! File exists: /usr/local/bin/appium
npm ERR! Move it away, and try again.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/Aleksei/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! code 1

subsequent "npm install -g appium@1.4.16" completing successfully

@Aleksei, can you please remove /usr/local/bin/appium file using 'sudo' and try again to install latest one. because i was able to upgrade appium 1.5 to 1.5.1 without any issue.

@Priyank_Shah are you getting
Welcome to Appium v1.5.0 (REV dc865428e6a78ed6b8153132d6e50b9afc8c4570)
or it just me.

From

@pr4bh4sh, no i was able to launch 1.5.1 successfully.

[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.5.1 (REV 7abc8c03f8a74a0fed4f409326c58796855c7ff7)
[Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4723

i think you did not upgrade your appium.

Thanks,
Priyank Shah

@Priyank_Shah Thanks for confirmation, I'm running from source so I'll get a fresh clone and try.

Does it also work with 10.11mac iOS version?

Yes it works with 10.11.4 I am currently using Appium 1.5.1 with 10.11.4 mac OS

How to install it? And where to install it from on appium site it is still showing 1.4 versions
When I downloaded 1.5.1 as a zip which file do i have to run?to install apium?

Appium 1.5.1 cannot be installed by avm.
Look at the issue here, https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/639531

I just fixed the issue for avm install Appium 1.5.1.

Because some file path is changed in Appium 1.5, so avm cannot install it.
I make the change for avm file, then it can install all Appium versions.

1. in 'activate' function, link "node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js" to "bin/appium".
2. in 'execute_with_version' function, use "node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js" to start Appium.

npm install -g appium will automatically pull latest stable version of Appium.

@pr4bh4sh
Hi, pr4bh4sh, I was wondering if there's a GUI version for 1.5.1 just like 1.4.13 which has Inspector to use? That would be great! If not so, what can we use to inspect element? Thanks for your effort for all of the appium users and Looking forward to your suggestion

There isn't any GUI version after 1.4.13.
Using inspector
1. Android - use uiautomatorviewer, it does not provide XPath though. If you need XPath you need to create it yourself.
2. iOS - Not working on any iOS application automation project for a long time, however, @wreed or @Priyank_Shah (not sure who) has commented on some thread, Here're the steps

1. On your test script set a breakpoint just after the driver creation.
2. Open the GUI version of Appium you have and click on the Inspector button. It should work as if you have started the appium from GUI mode.

Additional tip:
1. If you are starting Appium on custom port make sure you change the port on GUI versions setting section.
2. Make sure you have set commandTimeout when starting the server or in caps. So Appium server does not kill the session due to inactivity. I generally user 72000 seconds.

And thanks for the appreciation.