# Update PhantomJS to latest for Ubuntu dev guide?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-phantomjs-to-latest-for-ubuntu-dev-guide/76792
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [December 27, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-phantomjs-to-latest-for-ubuntu-dev-guide/76792 "2017-12-27T01:50:29Z")
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### Author: ![dmitry\_fedyuk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dmitry_fedyuk/32/293153_2.png) [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-phantomjs-to-latest-for-ubuntu-dev-guide/76792/1 "2017-12-27T01:50:29Z")

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@techAPJ

«[Beginners Guide to Install Discourse on Ubuntu for Development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/14727)» says:

```plaintext
cd /usr/local/share
sudo wget https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/phantomjs-1.9.8-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
sudo tar xvf phantomjs-1.9.8-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
sudo rm phantomjs-1.9.8-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/phantomjs-1.9.8-linux-x86_64/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin/phantomjs
cd

```

[github.com/ariya/phantomjs/releases/tag/1.9.8](https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/releases/tag/1.9.8)  
It is released on 2014-10-23.

The latest stable version of PhantomJS is **2.1.1** :

- [github.com/ariya/phantomjs/releases](https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/releases)
- [phantomjs.org/download.html](http://phantomjs.org/download.html)

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-phantomjs-to-latest-for-ubuntu-dev-guide/76792/2 "2017-12-27T02:23:32Z")

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> [@dmitry\_fedyuk](#):
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> The latest stable version of PhantomJS is 2.1.1:

We actually totally dropped phantom last week, guides and scripts should be updated cc @techAPJ and @tgxworld

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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-phantomjs-to-latest-for-ubuntu-dev-guide/76792/3 "2017-12-27T02:31:32Z")

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Okay, I updated the [Ubuntu development guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-on-mac-os-x-macos-for-development/15772) and [Mac install script](https://github.com/techAPJ/install-rails/blob/master/mac) to remove Phantom.js installation steps.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2017, 8:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-phantomjs-to-latest-for-ubuntu-dev-guide/76792/4 "2017-12-27T08:05:40Z")

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