How do I use the chrome driver in Ubuntu 16.04?

The code below is showing an error as if the file does not exist. I can find the chromedriver.exe file, but the .exe file seems to be non-executable.

These are my commands:

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='/usr/local/share/chromedriver')");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("");

What may cause this dis-functionality?

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You can use chromium-chromedriver:

sudo apt-get install chromium-chromedriver

Or download proprietary ChromeDriver and use it:

wget
unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip
./chromedriver

You need to install selenium python packages:

sudo apt-get install python-selenium python3-selenium

It works with Google's Getting started python program:

import time
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome('./chromedriver') # Optional argument, if not specified will search path.
# or '/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver' if you use chromium-chromedriver
driver.get(');
time.sleep(5) # Let the user actually see something!
search_box = driver.find_element_by_name('q')
search_box.send_keys('ChromeDriver')
search_box.submit()
time.sleep(5) # Let the user actually see something!
driver.quit()

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