Resolve: pybot robot command not found in Jenkins(mac)

Problem: When you run the Robot Framework with Jenkins and found the error. The command does not see in Jenkins. Robot, Pybot is not recognized.

Error1: Pybot or robot: command not found 

Error2: Build step 'Execute shell' marked build as failure

Solution1: Check your Robot Framework

• Check your Robot Framework is already installed.

which robot

• The system should return robot path /usr/local/bin/robot
• If Robot Framework does not install, please install as below

pip3 install robotframework

Solution2: Check your Robot Framework installed in Jenkins

Go to Jenkins > Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Install Robot Framework

Solution3: Check your command in Jenkins

• Ensure your build step select "Execute shell" (mac)
• Right now pybot are removed(old script), replace with robot, and reboot(Ref1)
• Configuration syntax or command Robot Framework in Jenkins refer(Ref2)

Solution4: Set Robot bash profile

Open bash profile

touch ~/.bash_profile; open ~/.bash_profile

nano ~/.bash_profile

Find Robot path

which robot

Default Robot path /usr/local/bin/robot, Copy robot path to bash profile

Solution5*: Check your Python version

Check your python version

python --version

Normally, Mac Book defaults to python version 2.7 but it can run in Jenkins(expect python version 3.x). So you should replace python 2.7 with python 3.x. We have the other way to set up. Howeaver in this solution, we propose to set up with path.

vi ~/.bash_profile

set this path

alias python='/usr/local/bin/python3'

Reload bash profile

source ~/.bash_profile

Check your python version again

Solution6: Restart Jenkins

use the following command to restart Jenkins

brew services restart jenkins-lts