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Puppeteer: No browser arg provided

The browser-management CLI was invoked without its required browser argument.


The browser-management CLI was invoked without its required browser argument.

Error message

No browser arg provided

How this error happens

The standalone installer needs a browser argument. Without one, it has no artifact to install.

Run these commands in a project terminal.

npx @puppeteer/browsers install

The command-line parser may report a missing positional argument before reaching this internal installer message. Both indicate the same missing input.

How to fix

Supply the requested browser.

npx @puppeteer/browsers install chrome@stable

Things to keep in mind

Puppeteer’s own npx puppeteer browsers install command can install its package-managed browsers without that standalone positional argument.

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